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in 1856. The date of the previous church is uncertain; the font is from the 13th century and an incumbent was recorded in 1318. The three bells in the tower are from the late 15th and early 16th centuries. A medieval stone cross, found in the church in 1848, was restored and erected in the churchyard
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at Leigh Delamere, which had been rebuilt in 1846. The school closed in 1913 but the schoolroom remained largely unchanged; the schoolroom and schoolteacher's house were designated as Grade II* listed in 1988. Since 1991 the schoolroom has been used as a re-enactment centre for primary school
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times, as recorded by the Domesday Book of 1086. The church of St Mary the Virgin, Grittleton, originates from c. 1200 and the four-bay north arcade survives from that date. The three-stage tower is from the 15th century. Much work was carried out in the 19th century: in 1835-6 the
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In 1848, Joseph Neeld built a small private school for the children of estate workers at Sevington. Thomson was again the architect, and he re-used stonework, including the bell tower, from the
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and Littleton Drew were separate civil parishes until 1934; at the 1841 census their populations were 113 and 251. The parishes included the hamlets of Sevington and The Gibb respectively.
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in 1865–7 at the expense of the Neelds. Work later in the century included re-roofing, replacement of windows and addition of memorials to members of the Neeld family.
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St Margaret's Church, Leigh Delamere, was built in 1846 at the expense of Joseph Neeld on the site of a 12th-century church; the architect was James Thompson. The
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and construction of a row of six almshouses nearby; farms were improved and houses were built for estate workers, together with a small private school at
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Grittleton village hall is a modern building. The small school at Littleton Drew, once used as a village hall, is now a private house.
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Roman road crosses the parish from north to southwest. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded settlements of 23 households at
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The tower has six bells, two of them from the late 15th century. Today the church is part of the Bybrook Team Ministry.
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chapel was built at Grittleton c. 1720 and is Grade II* listed. The chapel closed in 1982 and was acquired by the
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was opened in 1971 across the south of the parish, passing close to The Gibb, Foscote, Sevington and Leigh Delamere.
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Schools were built at Grittleton in 1858 (closed 1975) and Littleton Drew in 1850 (closed 1926).
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All Saints' Church, Littleton Drew, was rebuilt (except for its 15th-century central tower) by
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chapel, a single-storey building from the early 19th century. Records exist for 1817–1910.
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of Leigh Delamere and Grittleton were united in 1924. The church was declared
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across the road from St Mary's Church, was built between 1832 and 1856 for
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north of the church. Stained glass in the east window, 1856, is by
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family added a large pew; in 1836 the south aisle was added by
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at The Gibb is immediately outside the parish boundary.
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within the modern civil parish are Grade II* listed.
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