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It is probable that there was a Saxon church on the site originally known as "Siwold's Circe". This was superseded after the Norman invasion by a stone built church with a splendid three tier tower of
Kentish ragstone. The oldest parts of the church date to about 1133 AD. The chancel was extended in
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