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Affpuddle, a village of thatched cottages, is set in the green valley of the river Puddle and surrounded by
Dorset's famous heathland.
THE MILL
See also: Mills of Dorset
THE PARISH CHURCH
The Parish church, with is pinnacled tower, dates mainly from the 15th
century excepting for the 13th century chancel and south porch.
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Thomas Lyllyngton had been a monk at Cerne Abbey and had been appointed to the living on its dissolution in 1539.
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The font is Norman, the seating is Tudor, the latter bearing an inscription which informs us that they
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mayd in the yere of oure Lord God 1548, the tyme of Thomas Lyllyngton, vicar of this cherch
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The pulpit, also Tudor, carries the figures of John the Baptists and the Evangelists with their symbols. The
early 16th century screen stands in the east bay of the arcade.
The church was restored in the 20th century.
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| | | | OTHER PLACES | | Lacock Fox Talbot Museum
Lacock nr Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2LG
A museum of photography comemmorating William Fox Talbot who was the inventor of the modern photographic negative. | 75.7 km NE | | Tan Hill
Wiltshire, England | 76.1 km NE | |
Built around and Elizabethn House dating from 1582, by Capability Brown, John Nash and Thomas Bellamy, the house houses many art treasures by names such as Adams, Caravaggio, Chippendale, Lippi, Michelangelo, R | 77.2 km NE | | West Kennet Long Barrow
Wiltshire, England
3,500-year-old long barrow - one of the longest in
England & Wales - the burial chambers open to the public | 79.8 km NE | | Silbury Hill
Wiltshire, England
The purpose of the
huge mound, a huge investment of prehistoric resources, can only be guessed
at | 80.5 km NE | | Bedwyn Stone Museum
Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire
The Lloyd family have been carving stone in the yard for more than 200 years and this fascinating attraction shows the art of the stone mason. | 85.3 km NE |
AFFPUDDLE HEATH
Part of the Great Heath which stretched across south-east Dorset, Affpuddle Heath carries many ancient burial mounds and two unusual depressions known as 'Culpepper's Dish' and 'Culpepper's Spoon' - both once thought to have been man-made.
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