St Andrew's Church, Cheddar Explained

Church of St Andrew
Location Town:Cheddar
Location Country:England
Completion Date:14th century
Map Type:Somerset
Coordinates:51.2737°N -2.7761°W

The Church of St Andrew in Cheddar, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

The church was restored in 1873 by William Butterfield. It contains some 15th-century stained glass and an altar table of 1631. The chest tomb in the chancel is believed to be to Sir Thomas Cheddar and is dated 1442.[1]

The tower, which rises to 100feet,[2] and dates from around 1423,[3] contains eight change-ringing bells, the tenor of which dates from 1759 and was cast by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family.[4] The oldest bell dates from circa 1580.[5]

St Andrew's is the Church of England parish church for Cheddar. The Rector is The Reverend Stuart Burns, who was licensed as priest-in-charge in February 2016.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church of St. Andrew . historicengland.org.uk . 2006-05-09.
  2. Book: Leete-Hodge, Lornie . Curiosities of Somerset . 1985 . Bossiney Books . Bodmin . 0-906456-98-3 . 20 .
  3. Book: Poyntz Wright, Peter. The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. 1981. Avebury Publishing Company. 0-86127-502-0.
  4. Book: Moore . James . Roy . Rice . Ernest . Hucker . Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers . 1995 . The authors . 0-9526702-0-8 .
  5. Web site: Dove Details. dove.cccbr.org.uk. 2020-03-29.
  6. News: Wait for vicar over. 29 April 2009 . 11 May 2009 . Cheddar Valley Gazette .