All Saints Church
© Sarah Dawson (view gallery)
All Saints Church, Staplehurst, is the Anglican Parish Church in the village of Staplehurst, Kent, England. It was founded in the 12th century and was enlarged during the 13th to 15th centuries. The Church is situated at the south end of the village on the A229, a Roman road which forms the main High Street.
One of the notable features of the Church is the south door, which has been dated to around 1050 and displays some very fine early ironwork. The Church was mainly built in the 12th and 13th centuries and the West Tower was commenced about 1425. The Church features a ring of ten bells, the oldest cast in 1605 and the most recent being two cast in 1996, when a new steel frame was installed. The current Church clock dates from 1888. 
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Take Notice
© Sarah Dawson (view gallery)
A picture of the Bell Inn taken in Staplehurst in the snow on Monday - it's the sign on the opposite side of the road that always catches my eye, it says:
TAKE NOTICE
that if any obstruction or inconvenience be occasioned to Foot Passengers by the loitering of Persons on the Pavement leading to the Church, or any annoyance whatever be offered to those who are going to or from Church, the Parish Officers are instructed to Summon the Offenders before a Magistrate that - they may be punished as the Law directs. Image cannot be loaded
Step back in time
© Sarah Dawson (view gallery)
Steps in the High Street, Staplehurst. It struck me that this scene would of looked pretty much the same a hundred years ago. Well apart from the yellow lines and telephone wires that is :) Image cannot be loaded
Spilshill Court, near Staplehurst, Kent
© John Ware (view gallery)
Some parts of this manor house go back to saxon times. The gardens are open on a few days each year as part of the 'Yellow Book' scheme. Image cannot be loaded
A Slideshow of Staplehurst, in the county of Kent
