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unusual facts about Church of All Saints, Norton Fitzwarren



Canonization of the Romanovs

The family was killed on 17 July 1918 by the Bolsheviks at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia; the site of their execution is now beneath the altar of the The Church on Blood.

Church of All Saints, Bingley

The first records of the church indicate it was rebuilt some time after 1066 by the Lord of the Manor, William Paganel, who gave it, with other possessions of his, to Drax Priory in the time of Archbishop Thurstan (1119–1140).

All Saints Church is the Anglican parish church in the town of Bingley, West Yorkshire, England.

Church of All Saints, Farmborough

The parish is part of the benefice of Farmborough, Marksbury and Stanton Prior within the archdeaconry of Bath.

Church of All Saints, Norton Fitzwarren

The lower section of the screen depicts the story of the Dragon of Norton Camp.

Church of All Saints, Nunney

It was probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon or Norman church from which a Saxon cross and Norman font can still be seen.

Church of All Saints, Pocklington

The All Saints Heritage Appeal Fund (called also ‘Reveal and Restore’) was launched on 29 September 2004 by the Appeal Patron, Lord Halifax, to raise £250,000.

In 1733, the celebrated Flying Man of Pocklington, Thomas Pelling, attempted to travel along a rope between the church and the Star Inn in the Market Square.

The most famous branch of the Sotheby family moved to Bishop Wilton and then to Hackney, London, and Sewardstone in Essex.

Church of All Saints, Publow

One of the bells is engraved with the arms of Sir Francis Popham.

Church of All Saints, Sawtry

A western turret contains one bell, formerly belonging to Sawtry Abbey.

Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed listed building located in Sawtry, a village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England.

Church of All Saints, Sutton Bingham

The Church of All Saints in Sutton Bingham in the civil parish of Closworth, Somerset, England dates from the 12th and 13th centuries and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

Church of All Saints, Wrington

The Church of All Saints in Wrington, Somerset, England, has 13th-century foundations, and was remodelled with the addition of a west tower around 1450.

Church of the Savior on Blood

It should not to be confused with the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land, located in the city of Yekaterinburg where the former Emperor Nicholas II (1868–1918) and several members of his family and household were executed following the Bolshevik Revolution.

GWR 7800 Class 7828 Odney Manor

On 17 June 2011 it was renamed Norton Manor after 40 Commando's base alongside the railway at Norton Fitzwarren.

Houghton Conquest

The Church of All Saints was constructed in the village during the 14th century, and is today the largest parish church in Bedfordshire.

West Camel

The Church of All Saints dates from the late 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

William Talbot Aveline

He died in London in 1903 and was buried in the churchyard of Church of All Saints, Wrington.


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