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St Laurence's Church, Upton-cum-Chalvey

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By the early 19th century St Laurence's had fallen into such disrepair that it was decided to build a new church, St Mary's, in the town centre. The Norman building was saved from demolition by a local farmer who secured the outside walls and tower. Saint Laurence's was
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In the 12th century the wooden parish church of Upton was replaced with a flint building. The tower and outside walls of the
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many of the ancient decorations were mutilated. A 13th-century Italian allegorical image of the
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building form part of the present church. Several of the walls are built of
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that "tolls the knell of parting day" across the fields of
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Church of St Laurence, Upton-cum-Chalvey

Church of Saint Laurence, Upton-cum-Chalvey is located in Berkshire
51°30′08″N 0°35′18″W / 51.5023°N 0.5884°W / 51.5023; -0.5884
Denomination
Church of England
Churchmanship
Liberal Anglo-Catholic
Saint Laurence's Church
Province
Canterbury
Diocese
Oxford
Deanery
Parish
Upton-cum-Chalvey
Rector
Church of England parish churches
benefice
Upton-cum-Chalvey
Slough
Berkshire
Norman
puddingstone
baptismal font
piscina
English Reformation
Trinity
restored
Benjamin Ferrey

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