The Church of St Giles in Leigh-on-Mendip,

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, England, dates from around 1350, and was rebuilt around 1500. It is a Grade 1

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, with an unusual faceless clock. The tower dates from around 1464. It contains six bells, five of which date from the 1750s. A scratch

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can be seen on one of the buttress at the foot of the tower. There is a stone statue of St Catherine on the sill of the southeast window, which may date from the 12th century. It was found in 1898 and believed to have been moved to the church from the chapel of St Catherine in Mells. The parish is part of the

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of Leigh-on-Mendip with

Stoke St Michael Stoke St Michael is a village and civil parish on the Mendip Hills north east of Shepton Mallet, and west of Frome, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. History Since the 14th century the village has also been known as Stoke Lane, a ...

within the Frome deanery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leigh-on-Mendip, Saint Giles 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

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