St Andrew's Church is a church in
Hambleton, Rutland
Hambleton is a village and civil parish in Rutland, England. It is about two miles (3 km) east of Oakham.
Description
The village's name means 'maimed hill'. It has been thought that the hill in the village looks as if it has been sliced ...
. It is a
Grade II* listed building.
History
The church dates from the early
Norman
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Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
era and possibly the late
Saxon
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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 ...
era, therefore it is one of the oldest churches in
Rutland
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Its greatest len ...
.
The church was mentioned in the
Domesday Book, one of only four churches in Rutland specifically recorded in the survey.
Most of the fabric in the church dates from 800 to 1190 though this is obscured by
Victorian Restoration in the 1890s.
The church has stained glass, most by James Egan. The
clerestory
In architecture, a clerestory ( ; , also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level. Its purpose is to admit light, fresh air, or both.
Historically, ''clerestory'' denoted an upper l ...
was added in the 14th century and the tower in c1200.
The carved southern doorway dates from c1180. There is an oak chest, that was used for storing the church's valuable items, bound with iron straps. The
lectern has an original 1611
King James Bible
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chained to it.
The
pulpit
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dates from the
Victorian
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19th century
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** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literature ...
era but some parts date to the 17th century.
The church has some carved grave slabs, probably depicting donors of the church, one is male the other female. The male is possibly Lord Bodlesmere who held a market and summer fair at Hambleton.
The church also has a triple
sedilia and a carved
piscina.
Outside is the tomb of Robert Tomlinson, who was vicar of the church for 40 years.
References
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Hambleton
Hambleton