St Margaret's Church, Bucknall is a Grade II* listed

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in the village of Bucknall,

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, England.

History and description

St Margaret's has been described as "partly 13th century with traces of Norman and the external features mainly Victorian." The church was originally built in the 13th century. The two

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s of four bays are of this time, while the font was installed in 1646. The church saw extensive restorations to the main building and tower between 1884 and 1912. It remains an active place of worship: there were two regular monthly services and occasional other services. Bucknall is one of five

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in the Woodhall Spa Group of Churches, in the

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. The group serves the rural villages of Woodhall Spa and Kirkstead,

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, Horsington, Langton, and Bucknall.

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gave the church Grade II* listed status in 1966. Nicholas Antram, in his revised ''Lincolnshire'' volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, revised and reissued in 2002, notes that the church's exterior is almost entirely the work of James Fowler in his

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restoration, but that the interior contains more original work.

References

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External links

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Photographic record from the archive of the Society for Lincolnshire History & ArchaeologyMonument record MLI40068 - St Margaret's Church and Cross Base, Bucknall
at Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer {{DEFAULTSORT:St Margaret's Church, Bucknall Bucknall Bucknall Churches in Lincolnshire

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