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All Saints, Sutton Benger, Wiltshire

Location
(51°30′25″N, 2°4′39″W)
Sutton Benger
ST 947 787
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
medieval All Saints
now St James
  • Allan Brodie
26 October 1991

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Feature Sets
Description

The church largely dates from c1300 and has a 16thc. west tower. According to Pevsner, the church was 'cruelly restored in 1851 (JH Hakewill)'. The only Romanesque fabric is a font of the second half of the 12thc.

History

The DB does not mention the parish church. The church which stood in the village in the 12th century belonged to Malmesbury Abbey. It was among the properties taken in 1118 by Bishop Roger of Salisburyand it may have been returned to the Abbey when he fell from power in 1139. However, it seems to have remained a disputed property between the abbey and the chapter of the cathedral probably through the rest of the 12th century.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

Historic England listing 1022403.

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, 502.

Victoria County History of Wiltshire, Volume XIV, 221-229.