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Book of Hours owned and used by St.John ancestress Margaret Beauchamp (c1409-1482), with handwritten family records annotated. c. British Library

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Press photograph - Service to bless St. Mary's Bells, 1964

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The Right Rev. C. L. Bishop, Bishop of Malmesbury (centre), pictured before the dedication of the bells service. L to R: Godfrey Parsons (Lay Reader), Sidney Bowler (Church Warden), Harry Faulkenbridge (Church Warden), and Rev. Brian Carne. 1964.