Church of the Holy Trinity, Wyke Champflower

Church of the Holy Trinity
Location: Wyke Champflower, Bruton, Somerset, England
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Built: 1623
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated: 24 March 1961[1]
Reference #: 261678
Location of Church of the Holy Trinity in Somerset

The Church of the Holy Trinity in Wyke Champflower, Bruton, Somerset, England dates from 1623 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

A wooden tympanum between the nave and chancel bears the 1624 Royal Arms, the arms of the then Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The pews are Jacobean pews and the large stone pulpit Elizabethan. The font cover is from a similar era.[2]

The church contains a black and white marble monument commemorating Henry Southworth, who was the Lord of the Manor of Wyke, who died in 1625 and funded the construction of the church.[1]

The parish is part of the benefice of Bruton and District which falls within the Bruton and Cary deanery.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Church of the Holy Trinity". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=261678. Retrieved 13 June 2009. 
  2. ^ "Holy Trinity, Wyke Champflower". Church crawler. http://churchcrawler.blogspot.com/2008/06/holy-trinity-wyke-champflower-somerset_5694.html. Retrieved 18 September 2011. 
  3. ^ "Holy Trinity, Wyke". Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/wyke-holy-trinity/. Retrieved 18 September 2011. 

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