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and therefore the centre of population, whilst All Saints' served the nearby hamlet of
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Nicholas in 1108, became a parish church in 1488 then reverted to a chapel of ease when the parish was recombined with St Peter's in 1953.
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Some chapels of ease are buildings which used to be the main parish church until a larger building was constructed for that purpose. For example, the small village of
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in 1987. Since then, St. Thomas
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