Church
Revd Carol Amanda Wilson-Barker, The Vicarage, Angel Lane, Mere, Warminster (tel: 01747 861859, email: carolw953@aol.com), Priest-in-Charge, Mere, West Knoyle and Maiden Bradley. (Priest in charge has overall responsibility for leading the spiritual life and managing temporal affairs of a parish.)
NEWS ITEM
Law passed by Henry VIII leaves villagers facing massive repair bills for their church after it warned them just days before a 10-year deadline to wash their hands of it
When people bought land taken from monasteries, they became 'lay rectors' and had a duty to help repair their local church. learn more
"I wonder whether Revd Carol Amanda Wilson-Barker has any info to share on the subject as it might impact the village?" - jp
"As to the ecclesiastical issue, yes I was aware of this issue and the Society of Local Council Clerks has kept me up to date with any cases and their outcomes.
Extremely distressful for some homeowners.-" Sarah Jeffries (Parish Clerk)
All Saints, Maiden Bradley
Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 7HW
Grade I listed [ see below ] church of Norman origin with 14th and 15th century rebuilding. Nave retains fine 17th century pews throughout with shell head bench ends and strapwork friezes. Notable pulpit and font cover. Fine large white marble monument to Sir Edward Seymour erected in 1728 by Rysbrack.
source: English Heritage
KEY HOLDERS
Church Wardens
Mrs Kim Baker, 71 High Street - 01985 844684
Mrs Diana Stevens, Somerset Cottage, Church Street - 01985 844428
Also:
Mrs Meg Oliver, Condlyffe Cottage, 56 The Rank
Mr David Morse 51 The Knapp
Mrs Liz Nixon The Old Vicarage
Easy Access: Village Shop
Key Holders for Church Tower
Mr Henry Crabbe 01985 844517
Mr David Morse 51 The Knapp
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Royal coat of arms, All Saints church - Mike Searle
Church of All Saints, Maiden Bradley
Date Photo Taken c.1816
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Original Media Location: Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Chippenham
It is fairly certain that there was a Saxon church or chapel here that survived well into the Norman period. The church was first mentioned in 1102 but the earliest features of the present church are the north bay of three arcades and the foundation of the wall of the north aisle, which date from c.1175. The south arcade is of the early 14th century and in 1328 there was chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary near the north aisle. There was a major reconstruction in 1385, which created the church that we see today. The present chancel, nave, south aisle, tower, and porch were built while the north aisle was rebuilt on old foundations. The tower seems to have been built in two stages for the lower part is in the Decorated style while the top, like the porch, is Perpendicular. Like many others, the church was somewhat neglected in the late 16th and early 17th centuries and it seems that at this time the chancel was shortened by 12 feet and the present east wall built. Box pews, and probably a gallery, were added to the church in the 17th century. There seems to have been no damage done to the church in the Civil War as it was under the protection of the Parliamentarian, Sir Edmund Ludlow.
There is a fine monument to Sir Edward Seymour (died 1707), designed by Michael Rysback, erected in 1730. In c.1800 the turret on the tower was added and by 1845 the church is called 'lately restored'. The present windows were installed from 1849 onwards and there are fragments of 14th and 16th century stained glass, from a Seymour property elsewhere, in the south east window of the south aisle. The gallery and barrel organ were removed and the present organ chamber built in 1884, while five of six bells were recast in 1895 [ see item below ]. The font dates from c.1200 and has a Jacobean font cover that is matched by the Jacobean pulpit and some pieces in the stalls. At the apex of the porch is a unique two faced 18th century sundial. The parish registers, other than those in current use, dating from 1662 are held in the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office.
All Saints - Listed Building: Grade 1
MAIDEN BRADLEY CHURCH STREET ST 83 NW (east side) 4/84 Church of All Saints 6.1.66 GV I
Anglican parish church. C12, early C14, C15, 1845 restoration. Rubble stone and dressed limestone, stone slate roof. West tower, nave with north and south aisles, chancel and Lady Chapel, south vestry and porch. C15 gabled porch with original ledged door in Tudor-arched doorway with carved spandrels and hoodmould, cornice with gargoyles, coped verge with lozenge block sundial. Nave has 2-light C19 geometric-style window to left and two to right, plain stone C15 parapet, but walls rebuilt Cl9. South vestry attached to chancel has C19 door with ornamental hinges and two cusped lancets. Chancel has cusped C19 lancet to south and north, flanking buttresses and C18 moulded east window with clear leaded glass. Lady Chapel to north has C19 two-light east window, large tablet on north wall to Seymour family. Restored north aisle has four Cl9 2- light windows and buttresses, plain parapet, 2-light Perpendicular window to west. Three-stage tower has moulded plinth, diagonal buttresses, 3-light west window with reticulated tracery, octagonal clock face over, bellstage has string course, 2-light Perpendicular windows with louvres, cornice to plain parapet with corner gargoyles, polygonal stair turret to north east Tudor arched doorway, parapet with open quatrefoils. Interior of porch has ovolo-moulded segmental-headed doorway to nave. Nave has stone floors, 4-bay roof with chamfered tie-beams, collar rafter trusses, formerly plastered. Four-bay north arcade has three pointed arches to west on chamfered square piers [pillars], possibly late C12, east arch is C14 ovolo-moulded, south arcade has similar arch to east, to west are continuously double chamfered arches, probably C14; north and south-west arches are smaller. Cl9 roof to north aisle, C15 south-aisle roof with moulded cross beams, C14 mask corbels retained at lower level. Tower arch on mask corbels, organ moved here from Lady Chapel 1967. Continuously double chamfered chancel arch with doorway to former rood loft above to left, reached by stone stairs from Lady Chapel. Chancel has Cl9 collar rafter roof, fittings removed C20, including replacement of early Cl9 pictorial stained glass with clear glass in 1959. Nave retains fine C17 pews throughout with shell head bench ends and strapwork friezes, polygonal pulpit and reading desk to match, similar to those in Church of Michael, Mere. Square C12 Purbeck marble font bowl on central pier with four smaller shafts to corners, good C17 cover. Carved wooden Royal Arms over south door. Stained glass in north aisle by Whall to Fifteenth Duke of Somerset [also see: Dukes Walk] died 1923. Fine large monument in south aisle to Sir Edward Seymour died 1707, erected 1728 by Rysbrack; white marble reclining figure in front of tablet with pediment with cherubs, scrolled pediment with arms over. Prayer boards at west end of north aisle. Six bells dating from 1613 to 1895, the earlier ones recast 1895. (N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Wiltshire, 1975; H.K. Kitching, Church Guide, 1970; R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British
Sculptors, 1951).
Listing NGR: ST8036238658
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
source: English Heritage via British Listed Buildings
All Saints Church Bells
NOTE Photo-essay (with text/diagrams) has been prepared featiuring the bell tower and its bells (and clock - with views from the flag pole in all directions, plus down). This is somewhat of a scoop as there is (surprisingly) NO pics of tower interior and furniture (especially the six bells) on the Internet. If anyone has any additional material (including ephemera, anecdotes, etc) - do feel free to submit to this website. The complete photo-essay with informative annotations and diagrams is here.
Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers
Annual Report 2012 (Pub: Mar 2013) sdgr.org
Bells 6
Tenor 13-2-7 in F
Grid Ref 804386
Sundays by arrangement
Practice Tue 1930 to 2100
Corr Harry Crabbe, 88 Frome Road, Maiden Bradley,
Warminster, BA12 7JA
Tel 01985 844517
Email cpcrabbe@hotmail.co.uk
Members Mrs Pippa Brearley, Mrs Chistine Crabbe,
Henry Crabbe (TC), Peter Dean, Colin Dowson,
Mrs Pat Kennedy, David Moorse, Kiera Stevens
Key Henry Crabbe 01985 844517 / David Morse 51 The Knapp
(TC: Tower Captain / Corr: Tower Correspondent
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