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Biddestone
Church of St. Nicholas, Slaughterford, Biddestone
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The church has a small unbuttressed west tower with Somerset tracery in the bell-openings and a three sided stair turret rising to the bell stage. The walls are of ashlar with stone tiled roofs and coped gables with saddlestones. G. Forder of Winchester built the nave, chancel and south porch in 1823. The rest of the church was virtually all restored in 1883 and all the windows have Perpendicular style tracery from this date with hoodmoulds over them. The interior is plain with plastered walls and roof, a chamfered chancel arch and 19th century fittings. During the Civil War the church was partially destroyed by Cromwell's troops on their way to Bristol to embark for Ireland. For 200 years the parishioners of Slaughterford had to walk to Biddestone to worship in the church there. An inscription dated 1823 records the re-building, mainly using funds raised, locally after two centuries of disuse. The church remains open for sevices and is approached through a field from the road.

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