Religious Sites
William Holland kept a diary of his life as the vicar of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in the village from 1799 to 1818. The first recorded incumbent was in 1144. The 14th or 15th-century tower was largely rebuilt by Richard Carver in 1840. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.
There was a 13th century chapel of the Virgin Mary built at Adscome by the monks of Athelney Abbey who had an estate there.
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