St James Church, Avebury

St James Church, Avebury, Wiltshire

visited Feb 2020

This church dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period, and stands just outside the huge prehistoric stone circle and henge which Avebury is world famous for. It's surrounded by a lovely churchyard, but sadly on the day I visited it was pouring with rain so I took very few photographs, and many of those I took were a bit rain-smeared and no good.

The earliest parts of the church date back to c.1000CE, possibly including the font with later 12th century decoration. There's also a rare 15th century rood loft, with Victorian decoration (see bottom picture for font and rood loft). 

The monuments in the churchyard are, as one might expect, mainly Victorian in date, as are most of the memorials within the church. Apologies for the lack of images of them! One sunnier day I'll go back and get more images