Long Sutton, Somerset - pulpit - private postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  untitled postcard but someone has written "Long Sutton, Somerset" on back and this is borne out by looking at pictures
• Publisher: none stated - generic postcard back so probably private/small publisher or the church itself - c.1970s
• Postally used: no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Long Sutton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 833.[1]

The village of Long Sutton has a village green with a lime tree at each corner and a chestnut tree in the centre. The Devonshire Arms Hotel[2] is at one end of the green and at the other are the school and Holy Trinity church, dating from 1490.[3] The village is made up of two hamlets, Knole at one end and Upton at the other.

The Reading to Taunton line railway runs under the bridge at Upton and at one time certain trains stopped at Long Sutton and Pitney Halt, as it was called until its closure in the early 1960s. The bridge over the River Yeo is medieval in origin, but was probably reshaped in the 18th century.[4]

Holy Trinity church

The painted pulpit

Holy Trinity church dates from 1493. An earlier church would have stood on this site from the 9th century or earlier. The current church was built of local lias stone cut and squared, with hamstone dressings. It has stone slate roofs between stepped coped gabled with finials to the chancel and north porch. Internally, the chancel has a ceiled wagon-roof, with moulded ribs and plaster panels. The tower exhibits the tracery typical of Somerset towers. The under-tower space has a lierne vault, and a 15th-century octagonal font with quatrefoil panels. The building has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[14] The tower has a ring of six bells, the tenor weighing 136 stone (864 kg).[15]

The coloured timber pulpit, with a fly approach stair, dates from 1455–58 and is older than the church itself. It has 20th-century wood figures in the statue niches.[14] It bears the initials identified as those of Abbot John Petherton of Athelney and vicar William Singleton.[7]

The wood screen is also ornately carved and dates from the late 15th century.[16] Memorials in the church include a tablet to Elizabeth Banbury, died 1716, with Corinthian columns and entablature, side and bottom swags, as well as a number of 16th- and 17th-century Keinton stone slabs in the floor.[14]