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carried out a major restoration in 1868. The Norman inner doorway is entirely plain, standing just 6 feet high and 3 feet 6 inches wide. Phipson also stripped out the plaster ceilings to reveal a scissor-braced roof, with heavier arch braces in the chancel extending well down the walls. The benches
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The tower arch is tall and narrow, and at its base stands the crown of a medieval bell, cast by the earliest known foundry in Bury St
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Caistor Roman road." Additionally, Roman tiles are embedded in the wall of the tower above the doorway in All Saints
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