St Michael & All Angels Micro (Knights Enham) Traditional Cache
St Michael & All Angels Micro (Knights Enham)
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An easy to find micro near the church in Knights Enham. You'll need to bring a pencil.
It is believed that there was an earlier church on the same site before this church was built. There is no physical evidence of this, but it is recorded that in 1008 a very important meeting took place at Eanham when Alphege, the Archbishop of Canterbury, held a great Council which legislated for sundry church matters and the affairs of the nation. No meeting of this size would have been held in those days except in close proximity to a church, so it is assumed that a Saxon church, probably made of wood, wattle and daub, and roofed with thatch, must have pre-dated the present one, to serve the village of Eanham.
The church you see today was built in Norman and Early English styles, at some time in the 11th century. A stone head on the outside north wall of the Vestry probably dates from this time.
The font dates from this century, so must be the original one from the time the church was built.
The church is first mentioned in the history of Hampshire in 1241. The first known Rector was recorded in 1241 as being John, the Parson
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Va gur jnyy nobhg 4 sg uvtu oruvaq ybbfr oevpx.
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