The Church of St Bartholomew in
Oake
Oake is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 765.
The parish includes the hamlet of Hillfarrance on Hillfarrance Brook a tributar ...
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Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II*
listed building.
History
The first part of the church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries with the porch being added in the 15th and the upper stage of the tower around 1536.
The parish is part of the Deane Vale
benefice
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within the
Diocese of Bath and Wells.
Architecture
The red sandstone building has
hamstone dressings.
The window in the north wall was brought from
Taunton Priory.
The
font
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In mod ...
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Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
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and the octagonal
pulpit
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from the 17th century.
A large 150 year old cedar tree in the churchyard was blown over in 2014.
See also
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List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
References
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Grade II* listed buildings in Taunton Deane
Grade II* listed churches in Somerset