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Holy Trinity, Christchurch, Newport 12 August 2017
An impressive status symbol of the graveyard, a chest tomb, this one with slate panels. Among the "residents", a master mariner.
There is believed to have been a Saxon religious site here, but the first documented reference to a church here is 1112. Unusually, the church was little altered until 1877 following a disastrous fire which destroyed the roof. The church contains a 14th Century grave slab known as the Colmer Stone, reputed until the close of the 18th Century to have miraculous powers of healing. On Bonfire Night, 5 November 1949 the church was again gutted by fire, the cause of which was never confirmed. It re-opened in 1955 after complete restoration.
There is believed to have been a Saxon religious site here, but the first documented reference to a church here is 1112. Unusually, the church was little altered until 1877 following a disastrous fire which destroyed the roof. The church contains a 14th Century grave slab known as the Colmer Stone, reputed until the close of the 18th Century to have miraculous powers of healing. On Bonfire Night, 5 November 1949 the church was again gutted by fire, the cause of which was never confirmed. It re-opened in 1955 after complete restoration.
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