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The church (All Saints) is a neat and spacious cruciform structure, with a tower at the west end, and has lately been thoroughly repaired. It was much injured during the civil wars in the reign of Charles 1., but was afterward repaired, chiefly at the expense of Mr. Thos. Place. the lower part of the tower of Norman architecture, and the rest of the building is in the acutely pointed early English style. On the floor of the chancel, is an old tombstone, inlaid with brass, representing Jno. rudd, Merchant of the staple," lying between his two wives. The vicarage valued in K.B. at £8, is in the patronage of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Smith, who has, in lieu of tithes, a yearly modus of £82, and an allotment awarded at the enclosure of the commons. Here is a Wesleyan, and also an Independent chapel. the Church land, for repairing the building, is 2a. 3r., let for about £10. Richard Beck, in 1728, left two yearly rent charges out of the water mill at Barrow, to this parish, viz.,-£3. 3s. for schooling poor children, and £2. for the sick and lame poor. The poor parishioners have also £5 a year, left by Mary Goodchild, in 1820; and 20s. a year, left by one Nevil, at some unknown date. A large National School for 200 children, was built on the north side of the church, in 1841, at the cost of about £400, raised by subscription, and two small grants from the Lords of the Treasury and the National Society.
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