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History of All Saints Church

It has been suggested that a Norman Church had been built on the site around 1100 A.D. The church flourished and was remodelled towards the end of the 1400’s. It was know then as the Church of St. Clement.

A record of 1742 shows it was later dedicated to All Saints, now known as the Old Church. By 1786 the church is described as being dilapidated and in want of repair. Repair and renovations were completed by 1787 and the new church dedicated.

The building remained until 1871 when the present All Saints Church was rebuilt and was opened in 1872.

A number of well known people are buried in the church yard including James Kier, a member of the Lunar Society, and James Eaton, a signal midshipman on the Temaraire and was responsible for being the first to repeat Nelson’s famous signal, his grave stone is situated outside the church porch door.