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The Misericords and history of Great Eversden,
St Mary.
St Mary’s has only two 15th century misericords.
Corpus of misericords.
01 Shield bearing arms of Beauchamp, a fess between six cross crosslets
Left Supporter - Lion mask with protruding tongue.
Right Supporter - A rose.
02 Elaborate foliage design
Left Supporter - A circular pattern of radiating branch foliage.
Right Supporter - A shield bearing the arms of Bardolph, bordure engrailed, three cinquefoils.
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History of St Mary’s, Great Eversden
There has been a church at Great Eversden since at least the 1092, however, no traces of this church remain. The original church was replace by one built of field stone and clunch in the 13th century, this however was raised to the ground after having been struck by lightning in the mid 15th century.
The earliest features now visible date from about 1470, when the chancel, nave and bell tower were build. The misericords were probably installed at this time. The timber framed north porch has a date of 1636 inscribed in the plasterwork, so it is assumed that it dates from then as does the communion table.
Restoration work was carried out in both 1864 and 1920.
The official St Mary’s Great Eversden website.
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