St. Peter & St. Paul's Churchyard
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St. Peter & St. Paul's Churchyard

Weedon Bec, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

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The church was originally dedicated to St Peter and later to St Peter & St Paul. There may have been an earlier church built here as the Doomsday Book (1086) states that there was a priest in Weedon at that time. Soon after the Conquest, the Manor of Weedon was given to the Abbots of L'Abbaye du Notre Dame Le Bec-Hellouin, once the most significant monastery in the whole of Western Europe.

The tower was built in the early-mid 12th century and is all that remains of the medieval church.

The presence of a sizeable military garrison in the parish meant that the modestly proportioned Norman church was inadequate and, in 1823, the nave and the chancel were demolished. By 1825, the present nave had been constructed but it wasn't until 1863 that the chancel was built with the Vicar's vestry being added in 1885. There was a military presence in Weedon until the closure of the Royal Ordnance Depot in 1965.

http://www.stpeterpaul-weedon.btck.co.uk/HistoryofStPeterStPaul

The church was originally dedicated to St Peter and later to St Peter & St Paul. There may have been an earlier church built here as the Doomsday Book (1086) states that there was a priest in Weedon at that time. Soon after the Conquest, the Manor of Weedon was given to the Abbots of L'Abbaye du Notre Dame Le Bec-Hellouin, once the most significant monastery in the whole of Western Europe.

The tower was built in the early-mid 12th century and is all that remains of the medieval church.

The presence of a sizeable military garrison in the parish meant that the modestly proportioned Norman church was inadequate and, in 1823, the nave and the chancel were demolished. By 1825, the present nave had been constructed but it wasn't until 1863 that the chancel was built with the Vicar's vestry being added in 1885. There was a military presence in Weedon until the closure of the Royal Ordnance Depot in 1965.

http://www.stpeterpaul-weedon.btck.co.uk/HistoryofStPeterStPaul

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