Devizes St John.
> > 12th Century, enlarged & refashioned, in the 15th, 16th, & 19th
> >century, stone vaulted chancel. Norman Tower.
> >
> >Alton Barnes, St Mary the Virgin.
> >The jambs of its chancel are Norman, but the arch has been rebuilt. It
> >has a Royal Arms of James 1,& black letter text beneath which are
> >traces of 15th century painting.
> >
> >Alton Prior.
> >The church has a Perpendicular tower & Norman chanacel arch, Jacobean
> >stalls, box pews & a 17th century monument/
> >
> >Bishop's Canning, (3 mile N.E. of Devizes.) St Mary the Virgin
> >This is a magnificent 13th century church, begun in late Norman times,
> >to which the nave arcade & porch belong . The present sphire,
> >clorestery & upper sacristy are 15th Century. The nave roof is 1670. The
> >rich doorway is 14th century. In the church is a unquie carrel or
> >chair for meditation, also a 17th century alms box.
> >
> >Boscombe. (7 mile N.E of Sailsbury )
> >The little towerless flint & & tiled church has a 14th century nave &
> >chancel & a shallow 16th century traiseft( not sure of the spelling of
> >this word, or what it is ) set in a hollow among old brick Jacobean
> >pulpit & late Georgian lead altar rail.
> >
> >Urchfont. ( 4 mile S.E. of Devizes)
> >The charing village under the downs with a pond on the green & a mighty
> >cedar tree has a mainly 14th century church with 15th century addition.
> >It's most noteworthy fasture is the chancel, with it gold buttresses &
> >stone vaulting enriched with carved besser, has 14th century painted
> >gkass
> >
> >Pilton St John the Baptist.
> >The pleasant rambling village is on a hillside with the great 14th
> >century tithe barn on the opposite slope. The church is of 12th century
> >origin, refashioned & enlarged in 15 th century, with a clerestory,
> >added to the nave & chancel. The tower stair turret terminates in an
> >unusually tall crocketted finial. 12th century arcade & 15th century
> >roof, the parclose screens, the part of a 15th century aope, the
> >fragments of late medieval painted glass & a fine chandelier dated 1749.
> >
> >Bath St Peter & St Paul
> >One of the last big perpendicular monastic churches to be built ,which
> >was begun in 1499. The nave was completed in 17th century by public
> >subscription & the windows glazed.It is a tall cruciform building with
> >oblong tower & an impressive W front showing angels ascending by ladder.
> >
> >Wellow. (4 mile S of Bath.) St Julian
> > The fine perpendicular church with a chancel by Bodley stands at the
> >end of the long village Street, amid the hills between Radstock & Bath.
> >Note the fine roofs, especially of the nave * chapel, also the screens,
> >seating & late 15th century wall hanging. The font may be c 1300 & there
> >is a effigy of a priest c 1400.
> >
> >Hemington (8 mile S of Bath ) St Mary.
> >12 th century, later refashioned & enlarged . 15th century Tower.
> >