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The Anglican Church of All Saints in Rodden, Somerset, England, was built in 1640. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

History

The church was built in 1640, on the site of an earlier medieval church.[2] Although it served only a small community, the church was built on the orders of Archbishop William Laud.[3] He was an autocratic clergyman and sought to reduce the influence of Puritans, after which Laudianism is named.[4]

The church was dedicated to St Blaize,Шаблон:Citation needed and served as a chapelry of Boyton, some Шаблон:Convert to the south-east in Wiltshire,[5] both Rodden and Boyton being estates of the Giffard family in the 13th century.[6] The date this arrangement ended, and Rodden became a separate parish, is unclear. It is described as a chapelry in a correction note to the 1811 Census[7] but the 1831 Census Abstract states the separation occurred in 1784.[8] John Collinson, published in 1791, has Rodden as a chapelry of Boyton.[6] Another source gives the creation date of Rodden ecclesiastical parish as 1802.[9]

The church was rebuilt in a Victorian restoration in the mid-19th century.[1]

The benefice was united with that of Berkley in 1964.[10] Today the parish is part of the benefice of Beckington with Standerwick, Berkley, Lullington, Orchardleigh and Rodden, which was created in 1978, within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[11][12]

Architecture

The stone building has a three-bay nave and one-bay chancel with tile roofs. The west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses.[1] The majority of the interior dates from its restoration in the 19th century, but it retains its 18th-century pulpit.[1]

Present day

The church, in spite of its isolated location, continues to have services once or twice a month.[13]

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