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Church of St Andrew, Backwell

The parish is part of the benefice of Backwell with Chelvey and Brockley within the deanery of Portishead.

Church of St Andrew, Banwell

The mainly 15th-century parish Church of St Andrew in Banwell, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building.

Church of St Andrew, Chew Magna

The Church of St Andrew in Chew Magna, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century with a large 15th-century pinnacled sandstone tower, a Norman font and a rood screen that is the full width of the church.

In the church are several memorials to the Stracheys of Sutton Court together with a wooden effigy of a Knight cross-legged and leaning on one elbow, in 15th century armour, thought to be of Sir John de Hauteville or a descendant, and possibly transferred from a church at Norton Hautville before it was demolished.

Church of St Andrew, Clevedon

It is the burial place of Arthur Hallam, subject of the poem In Memoriam A.H.H. by his friend Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Church of St Andrew, Old Cleeve

In the 12th century Robert FitzGerold gave the church to Bec Abbey in Le Bec Hellouin, Normandy, France, a Benedictine monastic foundation in Eure.

John Backwell

John Backwell (20 April 1654 – 15 April 1708) was an English politician, the son of the financier Edward Backwell.

Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards

Today virtually nothing remains of the abbey, apart from the Church of St Andrew, which also served the village, and the dovecote.

River Banwell

It begins life as a series of springs near the Church of St Andrew in Banwell where they once filled a large pool below the church.


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