St Michael the Archangel, Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire

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Location

(51°8′50″N, 2°11′44″W)

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Site Location

Brixton Deverill

National Grid Reference

ST 864 387

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire

Diocese

medieval Old Sarum
now Salisbury

Dedication

medieval unknown
now St Michael the Archangel

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Allan Brodie

Visit Date

8 May 1993, 12 April 2004

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Description

Brixton Deverill is a small village 4 miles S of Warminster. The church has a 13thc chancel arch and a short W tower of the 13thc and 15thc. The only Romanesque carving is the font that was brought from Imber Church when that village became a military training ground in the Second World War.

History

The Domesday Book records that in 1066 the village was held by Brictric, son of Algar. In 1086 the holding passed to the Abbey of Our Lady of Bec, in Normandy, and it had a value of £12. In 1140s Brixton Deverill was held by the King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, founded in 1441 by King Henry VI.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The church was restored in 1730 and 1862.

Bibliography

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, Harmondsworth 1985.

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