Devizes St John.

> > 12th Century, enlarged & refashioned, in the 15th, 16th, & 19th

> >century, stone vaulted chancel. Norman Tower.

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> >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.

> >