Origins of Marwood Church

The Parish church  appears  to have been originally a Cross church of the first  pointed style. At a later  period the North wall was replaced by the piers and arches, the transept converted  into the aisle, and the chantry added at the East end, probably by a member of the  Chichester family. The screen separating the Chantry from the Aisle bears  the name of John Beapul, Rector of the Parish in the  reign of Henry V111, and  is instanced by Rickman as one of the best specimens of a rood screen in the  country. Presumably  a full screen at this date 1894. Marwood  bells date from 1771

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