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An outstanding feature of the church is the late 15th century carved and painted screen. The chancel was rebuilt following its destruction by lightning in 1779. There were major restorations of the building in 1865 and further works in the 1920s. For the first 150 years or so of the present church’s existence, Catholicism prevailed, and during this time, about AD 1500, the rood screen was built, with its Tudor Rose and Fleur de Lys decorations, commemorating many Christian saints and martyrs. When the Reformation came to England towards the middle of the sixteenth century, a decree from the Privy Council in 1548 ordered all superstitious images to be taken down or defaced. It was almost certainly at this time that all the figures on the screen were defaced and the statues on the top removed.


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01: St Helen, Half figure

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02: St Blaise, ??

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03: St Ursula, A bishop (Nicholas?)

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04: St Andrew, St Jude

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05: St Matthew, St James Major,

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06: St Bartholomew, St Paul

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07: St Gregory, St Jerome,

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08:St Augustine, St Ambrose

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09: St Peter, St Thomas,

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10: St Philip, St Simon

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11: St James Minor, St John Evang

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12: St John the Baptist, St Barbara

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13: Empty, Empty,

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14: St Apollonia, The Blessed Virgin

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15: Empty, Empty,

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16: St Lawrence, St Mary Magdalene

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17: Empty, Empty, St Margaret


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