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ST MARY & ALL SAINTS, BINGHAM
St Mary & All Saints, Bingham is a Grade I listed building, achieving the status on 1 December 1965. The lych gate, fence and boundary wall are also Grade II listed, achieving the status on 14 November 1986. Furthermore, 9 headstones throughout the churchyard are also Grade II listed.
The church was first built in 1225 with additions being added in the C14th, C15th, C16th and 1727. The nave and chancel were restored in 1845 by G. G. Scott. The porch was restored, the nave re-roofed and the clerestorey added in 1873. The whole building was then further restored in 1912 by W. D. Caroe.
The building consists of a west tower, nave, chancel, north aisle, north transept, south transept, south porch and baptistry.
The west tower was built in two stages. The doorway on the west side has a lintel with the inscription 'J B R T 1729'. The north transept has a stained glass window dating 1848 by A. R. Mowbray. The south transept has stained glass by Frank Miles 1883 and Kempe 1888.
Inside the fittings include chamfered C19th benches, plus canopied choir stalls, by W.D. Caroe 1913. A carved octagonal oak memorial pulpit on an ashlar base, dating from1916. Buttressed oak lectern with pyramid bookstand and figure finial dating from 1921. The font is C12th, but was re-cut and a new base added in 1926.
Monuments include a C13th effigy of Sir John de Bingham. Also on the walls are marble and slate tablets dating from 1771, 1773 and 1804. Brasses also hang referring to the clock (1871) and the restoration (1873).
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THE CACHE
You are looking for a male who served at Waterloo. He died Aug 1st ABCD aged EF years.
The cache can be found at:
N 52 57. (A+D) E (B-D)
W 000 56. F (C-(D+A)) (E+D)
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