Church of St James, Curry Mallet
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The Church of St James is a
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in
Curry Mallet Curry Mallet (anciently "Cory Mallett") is a village and parish in Somerset, England. It is on the Fivehead River (also known as the River Ile), east of Taunton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 306. History At the ...
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. It has 13th-century origins and has been designated as a Grade I
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History

The church is dedicated to All Saints, It has a three-stage tower. On the stonework are hunky punks representing animals. Inside the church is a 15th-century font.


Present day

The parish is part of the Seven Sowers benefice which covers
Beercrocombe Beercrocombe (also known as Beer Crocombe) is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, south of Curry Mallet and southeast of Taunton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 134. History The village is include ...
, Curry Mallet,
Hatch Beauchamp Hatch Beauchamp is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 620. History The manor of "Hache" dates from Saxon times and beca ...
,
Orchard Portman Orchard Portman is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 150. The parish includes the hamlet of Thurlbear and the nearby Thurlb ...
, Staple Fitzpaine, Stoke St Mary (with Thurlbear) and
West Hatch West Hatch is a hamlet and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. It has a population of 306. History The name of the hamlet indicates it lies to the west of Hatch Beauchamp ...
, within the deanery of
Crewkerne Crewkerne ( ) is a town and electoral ward in Somerset, England, southwest of Yeovil and east of Chard all in the South Somerset district. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the hamlets of Coombe, Woolminstone and Henley – and b ...
and
Ilminster Ilminster is a minster town and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808. Bypassed in 1988, the town now lies just east of the junction of the A303 (London to Exeter) and the A358 (Taunton to C ...
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List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset South Somerset is a local government district in the English county of Somerset. The South Somerset district occupies an area of , stretching from its borders with Devon and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. The district has a populatio ...
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List of towers in Somerset The Somerset towers, church towers built in the 14th to 16th centuries, have been described as among England's finest contributions to medieval art. The paragraphs and descriptions below describe features of some of these towers. The organization ...
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References

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