The Church of St George in

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, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I

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. The church is dominated by a 1000-year-old

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tree in its grounds. The church, which is decorated with a collection of carved angels and nightmarish animal heads, was largely rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries. The interior includes a 12th-century pillar

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. There is a memorial to

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, who spent his holidays in the village from 1933 to 1944. The organ dates from 1922 and has a carved oak case. It was built by the

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. The bells in the tower include one which was previously at St Saviour's in

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. In 2012 plans were underway to install and sixth bell. The parish is part of the Quantock Towers benefice within the Taunton archdeaconry.

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