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St Andrew, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Location
(51°27′27″N, 2°6′43″W)
Chippenham
ST 923 732
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
medieval Old Sarum
now Bristol
medieval St Andrew
now St Andrew
  • Allan Brodie
9 September 1991

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Feature Sets
Description

The chancel arch from the medieval church was apparently reused as the entrance to the north choir chapel in the restoration and reconstruction of the church in 1875-8. However, if it has been reused, its carving has been significantly sharpened. The nave and the chancel date from the Victorian reconstruction, but the tower dates from the 14th century, with a spire of 1633.

History

Domesday Book records Bishop Osbern holding the church of this manor along with two hides of land, the whole being worth 55s.

Features

Interior Features

Arches

Chancel arch/Apse arches
Bibliography

F. Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications or England’s Patron Saints, London 1899, III, 86.

J. Buckler, Unpublished album of drawings. Devizes Museum, vol. VIII, plate 69.

DCMS Listing Description.

Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, Penguin 1985, 152-56.

Caroline and Frank Thorn (ed.), Domesday Book, Phillimore Chichester 1979, 64d, 5.