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. Newnham and

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are part of the

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United

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which includes:

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, which in turn are covenanted with a further seven churches in the area.

History

The Church was built of flint and rubble around 1175. It is considered to be the best largely unspoilt example of a Norman single-cell apsidal church in England. There are only four examples remaining in the UK. A gallery was installed in 1591 and rebuilt together with the roof in 1786. Binstead stone forms the door and window dressings.

Services

Services normally take place in each of the churches within the United Parish including St Swithun's twice per month. The church is never locked by day.

Burials

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The 1st Baron Dorchester *

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Sir Christopher Wallace * Violet Edith Potter

External links

St Swithun's Church Nately Scures England - Showing Memorial for Guy Carleton, Governor of Quebec, and Thomas Carleton, Governor of New Brunswick
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nately Scures, Saint Swithun Buildings and structures completed in 1175 12th-century church buildings in England Church of England church buildings in Hampshire Churches with Norman architecture Basingstoke and Deane