The Church of St Augustine is an

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parish church in Clutton Somerset, England. It was originally built around 1290, but much of it has been rebuilt since, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The church is dedicated to

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. The tower is made of red sandstone with diagonal buttresses ending in pinnacles and probably dates from 1726. The tower contains two bells dating from 1734, made by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family. Two railed tomb enclosures within the Broadribb family plot are also listed as Grade II, as are a group of three Broadribb and Purnell monuments. In 1780 John Wesley came to the church but was denied use of the pulpit, so he had to preach from a stone in the churchyard. The parish is part of the benefice of

Farmborough Farmborough is a small village and civil parish, south west of Bath in Somerset, England. It straddles both the A39 and A368 roads. The parish has a population of 1,035. History The Farmborough Hoard of Iron Age coins was found in the ...

with

Marksbury Marksbury is a small village and civil parish on the eastern edge of the affluent Chew Valley in Somerset, about from Keynsham and from Bath on the A39 where it meets the A368. The parish, which includes the villages of Hunstrete and Stant ...

and

Stanton Prior Stanton Prior is a small village within the civil parish of Marksbury, set in Duchy of Cornwall countryside between Newton St Loe and Marksbury, west from the UK city of Bath, Somerset. Stanton Prior derives its name from the Old English 'S ...

, Clutton with Cameley, and within the archdeaconry of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clutton, Church of Saint Augustine Churches completed in 1290 13th-century church buildings in England 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

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