Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke

Church in Somerset, England

51°14′42″N 2°44′29″W / 51.2449°N 2.7414°W / 51.2449; -2.7414Completedc. 1175

The Church of St Leonard in Rodney Stoke, Somerset, England, was built around 1175 and is a Grade I listed building.[1]

The interior of the church contains a screen, bearing the date 1624, the gift of Sir Edward Rodney,[2] which includes a representation of the martyrdom of St Erasmus, who was killed by having his entrails removed.[3]

The church underwent Victorian restoration in the 1870s when a slow combustion stove was installed in a pit in the floor.[4]

The parish is part of the Rodney Stoke with Draycott benefice which is within the Axbridge deanery.[5]

Burials

  • Sir Edward Rodney (1590–1657)
  • Anne Rodney (1599–1630)
  • Frances Rodney (d. 1659)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Church of St Leonard". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
  2. ^ "St Leonards Church". HEVAC Heritage. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
  3. ^ Reid, Robert Douglas (1979). Some buildings of Mendip. The Mendip Society. ISBN 0-905459-16-4.
  4. ^ "St. Leonard's Church. Rodney Stoke. Somerset". Heritage group for the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  5. ^ "St Leonard, Rodney Stoke". Church of England. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  • Church website
  • Church Art & History website