ALL SAINTS,
CHIPSTABLE
The Church is delightfully situated at the
centre of the peaceful
The first Rector mentioned see
succession of Priests in the Parish is "Stephen, Parson of Cyppestable" in 1248. However, he was by no means the
first as the Doomsday Book notes a Church at Cipestable in the time of King Edward.
The old nave and the present tower probably
date from around 1239; the external evidence furnished by the tower points to
this date with the capitals of the three-bay arcade with their figures of
angels.
The present Nave of the Church (rebuilt in
1869 in the Geometrical style) stands precisely where the old Nave
Stood, and is thus practically a reproduction of it. The Tower and two of the main pillars were retained, and the form of the Church
then, as now, was twin aisle. The beautifully carved oak bench ends (date
around 1530) were also retained.
Both the old and the newer parts of the Church
are in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles. In the rebuilding of the Twin
Aisle, Chancel and Porch, local building stone was supplemented by re-using
material from the old Church
The ringing chamber with its handsome oak
front was built in the 1990’s. The Church has 6 bells with a tenor of 7
hundredweight.
For more details of this Church see the WATERROW web-site
