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St Mary, Odstock, Wiltshire

Location
(51°2′2″N, 1°47′4″W)
Odstock
SU 152 261
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
medieval Salisbury
now Salisbury
medieval St Mary
now St Mary
  • Allan Brodie
28 July 1995

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Feature Sets
Description

The chancel was rebuilt in the 1870s but the nave and the west tower belong to the 13th and 14thc. The only potentially 12thc. carvings are two eroded blocks set on either side of the arch in the N wall of the N porch.

History

The lord of the manor in 1086 Brictric brother of Alwy was the value recorded in Domesday Book was £10. The church was valued at £ 6. 13s. 4d. in the 1291 Taxatio.

Features

Loose Sculpture

Comments/Opinions

Pevsner notes the chancel must have been Norman, due to the one N window.

Bibliography

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, 365.