Vince Hawthorn's Pictures of Chaldon

St.Paul

The bell known as St.Paul was stolen in 1970 for it's scrap value, the bell shown here is a plaster cast of the bell . The bell known as St.Peter disappeared sometime in the eighteenth century. These two bells were some of the oldest bells in Surrey.

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Chaldon

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Time Stands Still.

A view of some of the gravestones of the Church of St.Peter and St.Paul

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Chaldon

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The Doom Mural

On the west wall of the Church of St.Peter and St.Paul is it's famous wall mural. It was painted between 1170/1200 and as such is one of England's oldest surviving murals and considering it's age it is in a very good condition. It is thought it was whitewashed over sometime in the seventeenth century. In 1869 the then Rector halted decorations when colour was seen under the surface and the the mural was saved after being cleaned and preserved. In 1989 it was again cleaned and conserved to what we see today.

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Chaldon

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St.Peter & St.Paul- Chaldon

The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Chaldon is very old being built late eleventh century on holy ground under the Overlordship of the Kin of Mercia who founded Chertsey Abbey in 666 AD.

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Chaldon, Churches

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