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St Helen, Burgh-On-Bain, Lincolnshire

Location
(53°21′37″N, 0°9′49″W)
Burgh-On-Bain
TF 223 864
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Lincolnshire
now Lincolnshire
  • Thomas E. Russo
31 August 2004

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Feature Sets
Description

Small church consisting of W tower, two-bay nave with side aisles, and chancel. The S aisle is of the 13thc. while the N copies it and dates to an 1871-72 restoration. The W tower arch leading into the nave is Romanesque.

History

Though Burgh-on-Bain is mentioned in the Domesday Survey, there is no record of a church here in 1086.

Features

Interior Features

Arches

Tower/Transept arches
Comments/Opinions

The consistency of the surface condition on the jambs, imposts, and arch suggest that all of this is good Romanesque material.

Bibliography

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Lincolnshire. London, 1990, 197.