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England
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Wiltshire
Anglo-Saxon
Bradford-on-Avon
St Laurence's Church
Gesta Regum Anglorum
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Saint Aldhelm


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Bradford-on-Avon - St Laurence's Church

Bradford-on-Avon - St Laurence's Church
St Laurence's Church is one of very few surviving Anglo-Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding.

According to the chronicle "Gesta Regum Anglorum" by William of Malmesbury, an ecclesiola was founded in Bradford-on-Avon around the year 700. It may have been founded by Saint Aldhelm.

The building was used as a combined school (nave) and cottage (chancel) for many years, both on more than one storey. It was rediscovered as a church in 1856 and restored 1870 - 1880.

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