The Church of St George is a
Church of England parish church in
Beckington
Beckington is a village and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, across the River Frome from Lullington about three miles north of Frome. According to the 2011 census the parish, which includes the hamlet of Rudge, which ...
,
Somerset, England. It is a
Norman church, dating from the 14th century. It has been designated as a
Grade I listed building.
History
Although the first recorded rector was Matrin de Sutton, installed in 1411, the church is at least Norman in origin, with possibly a previous Saxon past. The diagonally buttressed four stage tower is broadly unaltered from the Norman period.
A number of alterations have occurred over the years, such as in the early 17th century, when it gained a
Jacobean screen and communion table, as well as a memorial to the poet
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) was an English poet, playwright and historian in the late- Elizabethan and early- Jacobean eras. He was an innovator in a wide range of literary genres. His best-known works are the sonnet cycle ''Delia'', the epi ...
, who died in the parish in 1619.
[ Further notable alterations occurred in the 18th century, when the nave was reroofed (1754) and two new bells placed in the tower (1756), which were cast by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family.]
CWGC casualty record.
Present day
The Anglican parish is part of the benefice of Beckington with Standerwick, Church of St Mary, Berkley, Berkley, Lullington, Orchardleigh and Rodden
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within the archdeanery of Wells
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* Well, an excavation or structure created in the ground
* Wells (name)
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See also
* List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip
* List of towers in Somerset
* List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
References
External links
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14th-century church buildings in England
Grade I listed churches in Somerset
Church of England church buildings in Mendip District
Grade I listed buildings in Mendip District
Conservative evangelical Anglican churches in England