Church of St Mary
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was started in 1092 but was not completed for another 200 years. Beneath the church are the massive remains of a Saxon church begun in AD 905. In the chancel is a memorial to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, brother of King Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour, and later Lord Protector to the young Edward VI. The church is designated as a grade I listed building.
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