Church of All Saints, Dunkerton
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The Church of All Saints is an
Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
parish church in Dunkerton Somerset, England. It was built in the 14th century with the tower being added in the 15th and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The church consists of a nave, chancel and west porch. The three-stage tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a stair turret in the north east corner. The
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includes work by Clayton and Bell. In the churchyard is a large
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tree close to the boundary wall. The parish is part of the benefice of Timsbury with
Priston Priston is a civil parish and village south west of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, which is within the English ceremonial county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Wilmington. History A walled field boundary, which marks ...
, Camerton and Dunkerton within the archdeaconry of
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See also

* List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunkerton, All Saints 14th-century church buildings in England Towers completed in the 15th century Church of England church buildings in Bath and North East Somerset Grade II* listed churches in Somerset Grade II* listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset