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“A
noble building indeed we possess in our Parish Church, with its
stately tower, under whose shade sleep so many of our ancestors.
A
powerful claim old churches have upon our consideration; of all
that men have made, they beyond all other buildings stand as
monuments to the piety of our
forefathers
ages ago. Hallowed to us they must ever be by their solemn
associations with the past, and by the reflections they must
inspire about the future!
St Mary ‘s Church is indeed a fine structure, in spite of the
destroying hand of Father Time, of fanaticism and of modern
restorations; for undoubtedly ‘restorations’ have
swept away
Interesting
relics which can never be replaced"
Hine, 1914, 'Chapter 11, Beaminster Church.'
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