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St Cyriac and St Julitta, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, looking up the tower
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NOTES: The west tower dates from the late 15th Century (1490), but the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1806-1809 by Charles Humfrey.
St Cyriac and St Julitta, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire
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NOTES: The west tower dates from the late 15th Century (1490), but the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1806-1809 by Charles Humfrey.
St Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire: the west tower seen from the High Street
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NOTES: The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th Century (namely the tower) although parts of the nave and chancel are c.1100 and survive from the Norman church on the site. Much of the rest including the nave, aisles and west porch were all built in the 15th Century. The church became ruinous in the early 19th century and was restored by Sir Arthur William Blomfield with the chancel and north vestry (1878-1879) and the nave (1902-1903). In 1964-1965 a steel clad spire was added by Cecil Bourne.
St Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire: the west tower seen from the High Street
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NOTES: The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th Century (namely the tower) although parts of the nave and chancel are c.1100 and survive from the Norman church on the site. Much of the rest including the nave, aisles and west porch were all built in the 15th Century. The church became ruinous in the early 19th century and was restored by Sir Arthur William Blomfield with the chancel and north vestry (1878-1879) and the nave (1902-1903). In 1964-1965 a steel clad spire was added by Cecil Bourne.
St Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, seen from the east
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NOTES: The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th Century (namely the tower) although parts of the nave and chancel are c.1100 and survive from the Norman church on the site. Much of the rest including the nave, aisles and west porch were all built in the 15th Century. The church became ruinous in the early 19th century and was restored by Sir Arthur William Blomfield with the chancel and north vestry (1878-1879) and the nave (1902-1903). In 1964-1965 a steel clad spire was added by Cecil Bourne.
St Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, seen from the south-east
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NOTES: The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th Century (namely the tower) although parts of the nave and chancel are c.1100 and survive from the Norman church on the site. Much of the rest including the nave, aisles and west porch were all built in the 15th Century. The church became ruinous in the early 19th century and was restored by Sir Arthur William Blomfield with the chancel and north vestry (1878-1879) and the nave (1902-1903). In 1964-1965 a steel clad spire was added by Cecil Bourne.
St Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire: the west tower
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NOTES: The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th Century (namely the tower) although parts of the nave and chancel are c.1100 and survive from the Norman church on the site. Much of the rest including the nave, aisles and west porch were all built in the 15th Century. The church became ruinous in the early 19th century and was restored by Sir Arthur William Blomfield with the chancel and north vestry (1878-1879) and the nave (1902-1903). In 1964-1965 a steel clad spire was added by Cecil Bourne.
Red Lion Pub, High Street, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire: looking south with the towers of St Mary's Church and St Cyriac and St Julitta's Church in the background
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NOTES: The Red Lion dates from the 18th century.
St Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire: the west tower
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NOTES: The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th Century (namely the tower) although parts of the nave and chancel are c.1100 and survive from the Norman church on the site. Much of the rest including the nave, aisles and west porch were all built in the 15th Century. The church became ruinous in the early 19th century and was restored by Sir Arthur William Blomfield with the chancel and north vestry (1878-1879) and the nave (1902-1903). In 1964-1965 a steel clad spire was added by Cecil Bourne.
St Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire: the west tower showing the Norman octagon seen from below
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NOTES: The oldest parts of the church date from the 12th Century (namely the tower) although parts of the nave and chancel are c.1100 and survive from the Norman church on the site. Much of the rest including the nave, aisles and west porch were all built in the 15th Century. The church became ruinous in the early 19th century and was restored by Sir Arthur William Blomfield with the chancel and north vestry (1878-1879) and the nave (1902-1903). In 1964-1965 a steel clad spire was added by Cecil Bourne.
Valve tower, Banbury Reservoir, Walthamstow, London
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NOTES: This tower is now part of the Walthamstow Wetlands, a complex of reservoirs, in north-east London.