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The church was supported by a poor box into which, until 1871, every
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The Rev. F. Spurrell returned to
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The ends of the pews have carved letters spelling out “Adeste fideles, adoremus dominum”, the first and last words in
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The flying angel weather vane stood on the original church and was recently restored after being damaged in a storm.
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accepted their petition for the right to worship publicly, since a
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600:1936: Rev. Everard Duncan Deane
537:1858: Rev. Robert Healey Blakey
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635:Gerald Arthur Charles Brown
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