The Church of St Mary in
Rimpton
Rimpton is a village and civil parish north-west of Sherborne, and north-east of Yeovil on a tributary of the River Parret in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England.
History
The parish of Rimpton was part of the Horethorne hundred ...
,
Somerset, England was built in the early 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I
listed building.
The exact date of the building of the church is uncertain. It was before 1291 but some payments to the church had been made in 1215 or earlier.
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The stone building consists of a chancel, nave with an 18th-century north transept and vestry, and a south chapel, which was added in the 15th century. The interior includes a 15th-century ]font
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with a 17th-century cover. The pulpit
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is from the 17th century. The west tower contains three bells the oldest of which was cast in 1657 by Robert Austen.benefice
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of Chilton Cantelo, Ashington, Mudford
Mudford is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated from Yeovil in the South Somerset district on the River Yeo. The village has a population of 696. The parish includes the hamlets of Mudford Sock, West Mudford and Up Mudford.
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, Rimpton and Mudford
Mudford is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated from Yeovil in the South Somerset district on the River Yeo. The village has a population of 696. The parish includes the hamlets of Mudford Sock, West Mudford and Up Mudford.
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within the yeovil deanery.
See also
* 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 ...
* List of Somerset towers
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 ...
* List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
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13th-century church buildings in England
Church of England church buildings in South Somerset
Grade I listed churches in Somerset
Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset