The church of ST. JAMES, apparently so called c. 1191, is built of flint rubble, chequered flint and freestone, and ashlar. It has a chancel, a clerestoried nave with north and south chapels and north porch, and a west tower. The nave is of the mid 12th century: on the inside the north doorway has an order of chevrons on the arch and a lintel decorated with diaper carving. In the early 13th century a north chapel was built; in the later 13th the chancel was rebuilt, probably longer than before, and a tower was built; in the 14th a new window was made in the west part of the nave's south wall. The north chapel was rebuilt, apparently in the 15th century and probably to incorporate a rood stair at its southeast corner; the porch, clerestory, and south chapel were built probably in the early 16th century. The tower was rebuilt in 1651. A stone pulpit of the 15th century against the north wall of the nave was entered by a stair from the north chapel: it was moved to the south side of the chancel arch after 1825.
A chalice of c. 1200 and a paten of c. 1500 remained in use in the parish until given in 1879 to the British Museum. In 1553 plate weighing 4 oz. was confiscated. A flagon, given in 1739, and a chalice and paten, given in 1879, belonged to the parish in 1992.
In 1553 there were three bells. One of 1683 and one of 1687, both cast by Clement Tosier, one of 1727 by William Tosier, and one of 1748 by William Cockey hung in the church in 1992: only that of 1748 was usable. A bell of the late 17th century or the early 18th was sold in 1835.
To find the cache you need to find the pink granite grave surrounded by a small metal fence.
Jane died: AB Feb CDEF Aged: GH years
Erlysmm died: JK Jul LMNO Aged: PQ years
The cache is at: N51 (K)(O).(L)(H)(B) W001 (E-B)(H/2.(E)(B+F)(P)
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