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that may have been built during the 13th century. This church was located a Voll, about 700 metres (2,300 ft) west of the present day "Old Bømlo Church". The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the mid-1300s where the church is referred to in the index of a book, but
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Vorland farm was chosen (which is why it's sometimes called Vorland Church). In 1620, the old
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