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A Grotesque Welcome

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton. Approaching the main entrance to the church - through the South Porch - there’s no smiling host or even a fun or quirky welcome mat to usher us in with g…
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Reverend Topham

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton. If you look down to the paved floor of the South Porch, you can’t fail to see a inscribed stone grave cover dedicated to Reverend John Topham. It reads: …
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A Ghostly Saint

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton. On either side of the doorway into the church there is a tall, narrow recess in the wall. These are called niches and would have at one time housed statu…
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The South Porch

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton. You could be forgiven, in your haste to explore the delights that adorn the wonderful interior of St. Peter and St. Paul’s church, to pass through the Sout…
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How old is St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Gosberton?

Even the briefest of looks at the outside of the church will confirm to you that it is a medieval structure; and that’s without any great understanding or study of architectural history. It simply, an…
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Aerial View of Gosberton from the Parish Church

In this undated photograph, we see the view from the tower of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church in Gosberton. The view is to the north . The row of cottages in the foreground is the old Church Street (…
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All Saints Church Moulton POI – Platform for Choir Loft and Organ

We might assume tat the choir and organ would always have been in the chancel. But not so. From the late 16th century right up to the restoration of the church in the late 19th century, the choir and …
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All Saints Church Moulton POIs – The Adam and Eve Font

Placed in All Saints in 1719, it is allegedly based on a font in St James Piccadilly carved by Grinding Gibbons. Adam and Eve are represented either side of the column with the coiled serpent. The tre…
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All Saints Church Moulton POIs – Poor Box

Thought to be locally made sometime between the late 17th and early 18th century. Donations made were distributed between the poor and needy of the parish. During the 18th century it was used by the b…
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All Saints Church Moulton POIs – Royal Coat of Arms

These were required to be displayed in churches after the Reformation... to remind parishioners that the Monarch was the head of the Church of England and not the Pope!  …
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