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Tollesbury - Church of St Mary the Virgin

Tollesbury - Church of St Mary the Virgin

Tollesbury CM9 8QJ

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The chancel was rebuilt in 1872, the small octagonal font bears round the margin of the bowl ‘Good people all I pray take care, that in ye Church you do not swear, as this man did’. The parish register explains the unusual warning – August 30th 1718, Elizabeth daughter of Robert and Eliza Wood baptised in the new font bought out of £5 paid by John Norman who some months before came drunk into church, cursed, and talked loudly during a service.

Carved on either side of the lectern is a plough and sailing ship, symbolic of two kinds of work undertaken by the male population.

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Tollesbury CM9 8QJ

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