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All Saints Church Moulton POI – New Font and Medieval Font

This was installed as part of the considerable Victorian remodelling project in 1867-8. The early medieval font was found by The Reverend Jackson in a nearby stables and brought back to the church.…

All Saints Church Moulton POI – Three Hatchments

The coats of arms in the 3 hatchments are attributed to the Bolton family, important landowners in the Moulton area during the 18th/19th century. These were hung outside the home of the deceased to an…

All Saints Church Moulton POI – Devotional Marks

Prior to building the new tower and west entrance, the original west door was in line with the floor ramp up to the font. Look closely at the pillars and you can see devotional marks scratched into th…

All Saints Moulton POIs – Bells

Stand just inside the western door and look upwards. There is a blue circle in the centre of the vaulting. This is where the bells were hauled up into the bell tower above. There are six bells, the ea…

All Saints Moulton POIs – Entry to Bells

The door to the ringing chamber is on the north side of the tower. …

All Saints Moulton POIs – Memorial to Seth Bateman

WW1 commemoration tablet to Seth Bateman. Seth's parents were told he had died defending Ladysmith in 1899 during the siege and they commissioned the commemoration tablet. In March 1900 the war corre…

All Saints Moulton POIs – List of Vicars

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All Saints Moulton POIs – Lych Gate

Built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. The word "lych" is middle English meaning "body" or"corpse". It was formerly used to shelter the coffin until clergy arrived to read the i…

High Street, Chain Bridge, Chain Bridge Forge approx 1960

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A nice image of Cley Hall, High Street, Spalding taken in 1941.

A nice image of Cley Hall, High Street, Spalding taken in 1941. Cley Hall was built in 1754 by Theophilus Buckworth, Lord of the Manor of Spalding, who married Miss Cley and named his house after he…

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