Brompton by Sawdon |
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The earliest stone church here was in the 12th century and some fragments of that building remain in the tower. The rest was mainly 14th to 15th century rebuilding.
The interior is bare stone and this allows you to see mason's marks on the arches. There is also evidence of sharpening in the interior, on the arches of the south aisle, which I found unusual. The church is wonderfully wide and still has its parish chest and poor box in situ.
In the south aisle are two scalloped capitals which remain from the Romanesque church.
There is an excellent wooden door from the 13th century (photo below), it was said to have been thrown in the nearby pond in Cromwellian times and retrieved in 1793. The lock is 17th century.
William Wordsworth married Mary Hutchinson here in 1802.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 03 December 2006 )
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