All Saints, Weston
All Saints' Church has been located here for nearly a thousand years. The current Gothic church was designed by architect John Pinch the Elder and completed in 1832, although it maintains a 15th Century tower from its predecessor “All Hallows” Church.
The church was first mentioned by Pope Adrian IV in 1156. Jordanus, the first vicar, arrived in 1297. In the 15th Century, “All Hallows” Church was built on the site but then demolished in 1830 to create a larger space for a growing community with only its original tower surviving. The new church of All Saints was consecrated on June 2, 1832. On the south aisle there is the St Alphege window, which commemorates the famous saint whom tradition says was born in Weston (St Alphege became the Abbot of Bath Abbey and then Archbishop of Canterbury). In a niche in the north wall of the chancel is a 12-13th century stone coffin lid that was found under the south porch during the rebuilding work in 1830.
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