- Church of All Saints, Kingston Seymour
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Church of All Saints 
Location within SomersetGeneral information Town or city Kingston Seymour Country England Coordinates 51°23′51″N 2°51′45″W / 51.3976°N 2.8626°W Completed late 14th/early 15th century The Church of All Saints in Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England date from the late 14th or early 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]
The base of the font is older than the church itself being Norman in origin.[2]
The church is almost surrounded by water and was inundated with water to a depth of 5 feet (1.5 m) during the Bristol Channel floods, 1607.[3]
The stained glass includes the Smyth-Piggot memorial in the west window which was replaced in a restoration of 1917 to designs by Roland Paul.[1]
The tower contains a peel of six bells, including three from 1632 which were cast by Purdues of Bristol.[2]
The parish is part of the Yatton Moor benefice within the deanery of Portishead.[4]
See also
- List of Grade I listed buildings in North Somerset
- List of towers in Somerset
References
- ^ a b "Church of All Saints". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33637. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ a b "History". Church of All Saints, Kingston Seymour. Yatton Moor Team Ministry. http://www.yattonchurches.org/kingston/kingston_history.html. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
- ^ "Some more interesting history". Friends of All Saints. http://www.friendsofallsaints.org/some-more-interesting-history.html. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "All Saints, Kingston Seymour". Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/kingston-seymour-all-saints/. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Categories:- Church of England churches in North Somerset
- 14th-century architecture
- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in Somerset
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