St Mary the Blessed Virgin
East Brent, Somerset
15th century Somerset treasure.
It is known that Bartholomew de England was appointed rector at Lympsham in 1274, although the parish had been given by Ine of Wessex to Glastonbury Abbey in 690 remaining part of the Abbey estates until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
The church dates from the 15th century. The singing gallery houses an old clock frame, believed to house one of the oldest remaining clocks in England.
During the 19th century extensive restoration was carried out by Revd AJ Stephenson and his son, JH Stephenson. Archaeological exploration in 2001 uncovered a copper alloy coin from Bath dated 1670.
