St. Edmund's Church, Wootton is a

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in the

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located in Wootton, Isle of Wight.

History

The church is medieval in origin. It is now in the same parish as

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, although the medieval parish only included a small part of what is now the larger settlement of

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. There was a detached portion of the parish at

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. The churchyard contains the Commonwealth war grave of a

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soldier of

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.
CWGC casualty record, B T Luckham.

Organ

The pipe organ dates from 1869 and was originally installed in St Andrew's Church,

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, near

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. It was moved here in the early 1980s when that church became redundant. A specification of the organ can be found on th
National Pipe Organ Register

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wootton, St. Edmund Church of England church buildings on the Isle of Wight Grade II* listed churches on the Isle of Wight