Church of St Michael, Buckland Dinham

Church of St Michael
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Buckland Dinham
Country England
Coordinates 51°15′36″N 2°21′09″W / 51.2600°N 2.3524°W / 51.2600; -2.3524
Construction started 1200
Completed 1480

The Church of St Michael in Buckland Dinham, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

The church has a nave, chancel, south chapel and south porch which date from around 1200. The north chapel was added in 1325, and a further chapel to the north of the chancel and the west tower being added in 1480. It underwent restoration in the late 19th century.[2]

The tower contains six bells which were not rung between the 1950s and 1990s when a restoration project was undertaken including the addition of a bell from St Paul's Church, Bristol.[3]

The Anglican parish is part of the Mells with Buckland Dinham, Elm, Whatley and Chantry benefice within the archdeaconry of Wells.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Church of St. Michael". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  2. "The church". Buckland Dinham. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. "Buckland Dinham, Somerset St Michael & All Angels". Keltek Trust. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. "St Michael & All Angels, Buckland Dinham". Church of England. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
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