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CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST MELOR

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Church of St Mary and St Melor, a former Abbey church of the Order of Fontevrault, now an Anglican parish church. A 12th century church restored 1852-3 by William Butterfield. The nave and crossing are 12th century, the transepts and central tower 13th century, and the South aisle 15th century. Fragments of a 9th-10th century, and 10th/11th century wheel cross heads are on display, which may have come from the 9th-10th century Amesbury Abbey.

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(SU 15184143) The earliest part of the parish church
of St James and St Melor is 12th cent. A glass case in the church
contains two fragments of a 10th or 11th cent. wheel cross head,
found under the chancel in 1907. No doubt they come from Amesbury
Abbey, founded in 980. (1)

The fragments of cross head with interlaced pattern are still
in the church. (2)

(SU 15184143) St. Mary & St Melore's Church (Cof E) (NAT). (3)

A Church of S.S. Mary and Melor

Nave Norman, remainder mostly E.E.
with C.19 alterations. Nave and transepts stone and flint,
chancel stone.
The church is cruciform with a square central tower. The chancel
has tall lancet windows and a C.14 flamboyant window with some
old glass on the N. wall. The nave roof and the chancel screen
are Perpendicular. The N. chapel has E.E. vaulting. The E. end,
the W. end, and the S. end of the S. transept were rebuilt by
Butterfield in 1852.
The central tower has three lancet windows. (4)

Church of St Mary and St Mellor, listed Grade A, constructed of flint has a Norman nave and other Norman features (5-7).

Church of St Mary and St Melor, a former Abbey church of the Order of Fontevrault, now an Anglican parish church. 12th-15th century in date, restored 1852-3 by William Butterfield. Has a 12th century Purbeck marble font. Grade I. (8)

Full description of the Saxon 8th-9th century cross-head, and of a second cross-head of early 11th century date. Both are on display in the church. (9)

SOURCE TEXT

( 1) Royal Archaeological Institute The Archaeological Journal

A R Dufty 104, 1948 Page(s)158

( 2) Field Investigators Comments

F1 NVQ 17-JUN-69

( 3) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:2500 1972.

( 4) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE(HHR) Amesbury RD, Wilts, May 1955, 5.

(5) by Nikolaus Pevsner; revised by Bridget Cherry 1975 Wiltshire

The Buildings of England Page(s)8-9

(6) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine

42, 1922-4 Page(s)167-8

(7) Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England 1987 Churches of south-east Wiltshire

Page(s)2

(8) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE (HHR) Wiltshire, Salisbury District. Oct. 88, 8-9

(9) Rosemary Cramp 2006 Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: Vol VII. South-West England

Page(s)199

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AMESBURY ABBEY
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Benedictine Abbey founded in 979, refounded by Henry II in 1177 as a Priory of Monks and Nuns of the Fontevrault order. Dissolved in1539. All building...

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EARLY MEDIEVAL CROSS 1000 to 1032

EARLY MEDIEVAL CROSS 800 to 999

EARLY MEDIEVAL CHURCH 979

EARLY MEDIEVAL PRIORY 979

MEDIEVAL CHURCH 1100 to 1199

MEDIEVAL PRIORY 1100 to 1199

MEDIEVAL CHURCH 1177 to 1539

MEDIEVAL PRIORY 1177 to 1539

MEDIEVAL CHURCH 1200 to 1299

MEDIEVAL PRIORY 1200 to 1299

MEDIEVAL CHURCH 1300 to 1399

MEDIEVAL PRIORY 1300 to 1399

MEDIEVAL CHURCH 1400 to 1499

MEDIEVAL PRIORY 1400 to 1499

POST MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH 1852 to 1853

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