polebrook northamptonshire
Church of All Saints, Polebrook Northamptonshire - www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/a5687x Mentioned as having a priest in the 1086 Domesday survey, the village was from saxon to medieval times the administrative centre of the area.
Begun c1100, the present church stands on the site of the original wooden saxon building, of which nothing remains, which was the size of the present nave .
The North aisle, transept & porch were added c1175. ( The transept is now dedicated to the men who died in both World Wars including those of the 351st Heavy Bombardment Group, 8th United States Army Airforce stationed here in WW2 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/74547U )
After it was granted to Peterborough Abbey in 1232, much building followed between then and c1250. the south aisle , transept and south porch were built & the chancel was built eastwards, its roof still surviving. The tower followed , built in its odd position attached to the southwest of the nave.
Vestry added in 15c along with rood & pews (now lost)
In 1608 Nicholas Latham willed to his "loving neighbours" that 4 of the poorest inhabitants were to receive 10 shillings on December 21st each year.
In 1636 the nave roof was rebuilt.
Caroline daughter of rector Rev Charles Euseby Isham married Thomas Welsh Hunt, squire of Wadenhoe in 1824, their memorial in Wadenhoe church flic.kr/p/UD4RdZ tells how they were "cruelly shot by bandits" while on honeymoon in Italy. In 1858 her father set up a gift of money to 6 of the most deserving poor, to be distributed every Christmas.
William Bree a Victorian naturalist was curate here for 29 years & rector for one, "detained in his lowly station by the rich variety of butterflies to be studied locally"
In 1844 the steeple was added to the tower.
There are 5 bells, two from the 16c & three from the 18c (one inscribed "This bell was given by Willm Tawyer, gent 1717") The gleaning bell was rung at 7am and 6pm during and after the harvest. The death knell, the 1st and 2nd bells were rung and then the tenor bell tolled 3 times for a man, twice for a woman.
On the west side of the tower is a rare one handed clock, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/z7238L after the spire was struck by lightening in the past , the clock became temperamental sometimes striking 23 times in a row, it now has a modern mechanism.
polebrook northamptonshire
Church of All Saints, Polebrook Northamptonshire - www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/a5687x Mentioned as having a priest in the 1086 Domesday survey, the village was from saxon to medieval times the administrative centre of the area.
Begun c1100, the present church stands on the site of the original wooden saxon building, of which nothing remains, which was the size of the present nave .
The North aisle, transept & porch were added c1175. ( The transept is now dedicated to the men who died in both World Wars including those of the 351st Heavy Bombardment Group, 8th United States Army Airforce stationed here in WW2 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/74547U )
After it was granted to Peterborough Abbey in 1232, much building followed between then and c1250. the south aisle , transept and south porch were built & the chancel was built eastwards, its roof still surviving. The tower followed , built in its odd position attached to the southwest of the nave.
Vestry added in 15c along with rood & pews (now lost)
In 1608 Nicholas Latham willed to his "loving neighbours" that 4 of the poorest inhabitants were to receive 10 shillings on December 21st each year.
In 1636 the nave roof was rebuilt.
Caroline daughter of rector Rev Charles Euseby Isham married Thomas Welsh Hunt, squire of Wadenhoe in 1824, their memorial in Wadenhoe church flic.kr/p/UD4RdZ tells how they were "cruelly shot by bandits" while on honeymoon in Italy. In 1858 her father set up a gift of money to 6 of the most deserving poor, to be distributed every Christmas.
William Bree a Victorian naturalist was curate here for 29 years & rector for one, "detained in his lowly station by the rich variety of butterflies to be studied locally"
In 1844 the steeple was added to the tower.
There are 5 bells, two from the 16c & three from the 18c (one inscribed "This bell was given by Willm Tawyer, gent 1717") The gleaning bell was rung at 7am and 6pm during and after the harvest. The death knell, the 1st and 2nd bells were rung and then the tenor bell tolled 3 times for a man, twice for a woman.
On the west side of the tower is a rare one handed clock, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/z7238L after the spire was struck by lightening in the past , the clock became temperamental sometimes striking 23 times in a row, it now has a modern mechanism.