Church of All Saints, Selworthy

The Church of All Saints which sits on a hillside above Selworthy, Somerset, England is a whitewashed 15th-century Church, with a 14th-century tower. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1]

Church of All Saints
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or citySelworthy
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.2102°N 3.5476°W / 51.2102; -3.5476
Completed15th century

The pulpit includes a 17th-century hourglass and the iron-bound parish chest dates from the same time.[2] Within the church is a copy of the Chained Book of 1609 by Bishop John Jewel, entitled Defense of the Apologie of the Church of England.[3]

In the churchyard is a medieval cross with three octagonal steps, a square socket, and an octagonal shaft. The head is missing.[4][5] The churchyard provides views across the valley to Dunkery Beacon.[6]

The WW2 cryptographer, William Clarke is buried there.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Church of All Saints". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  2. "Selworthy". Pictures of England. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  3. "Selworthy". Everything Exmoor. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  4. Adkins, Lesley; Roy Adkins (1992). A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. p. 101. ISBN 0-946159-94-7.
  5. "Remains of churchyard cross". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  6. Dunning, Robert (1980). Somerset and Avon. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son. p. 125. ISBN 0-7028-8380-8.
  7. Joseph A. Maiolo, ‘Clarke, William Francis (1883–1961)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
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