ST MARY. Flint. Late C13 to early C14. On the S side a two-light window, still with plate tracery, and a cusped lancet. In the chancel E window intersected tracery. The tower arch triple-charnfered and dying into the imposts. Tie-beam roof with crown-posts and braces springing from wall-posts. - FONT. Norman. It was square and decorated with intersected arches but later made octagonal. - ORGAN. (Dated I777. LG) - BENCHES. Six C17 ends with poppy-heads. - WALL PAINTINGS. N wall. Discovered in 1953. Upper half of a large St Christopher. Also unidentified scene with two women facing each other. - PLATE. Paten 1711; Cup 1730.
NAUGHTON. The delightful village green faces its l4th century church with a sturdy flint tower, set in a churchyard screened by trees, a tall beech and a roof of yew sheltering an approach. An ancient porch with a trefoiled barge-board leads to the simple interior. There are a few old bench-ends in the nave, and an arcaded font set in a wall recess. On the chancel wall is a brass inscription in memory of William Edge, rector for 61 years of last century.
We visited this beautiful church recently. It’s fascinating, my husband’s relatives are buried there. Next time we will lay flowers at their graves. Dianne Baldry
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