Church of St Barnabas
Stone building with square tower.
LocationQueen Camel, Somerset, England
Coordinates51°01′19″N 2°34′26″W / 51.02194°N 2.57389°W / 51.02194; -2.57389
Built14th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated24 March 1961[1]
Reference no.431093
Church of St Barnabas, Queen Camel is located in Somerset
Church of St Barnabas, Queen Camel
Location of Church of St Barnabas in Somerset

The Church of St Barnabas in Queen Camel, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

A former church in Queen Camel was the mother church to Somerton, Chilton Cantelo and the surrounding area before 1140. In the 12th century the church was given to Cleeve Abbey.[2] The first recorded rector was in 1317.[1] The church underwent Victorian restoration in 1888.[2]

The church has a 96 feet (29 m) high tower, built in five stages,[3][1] which dates from around 1491,[4] The tower contains a heavy ring of six bells. While St Buryan in Cornwall is home to the heaviest ring of six bells by the weight of the tenor bell alone,[5] Queen Camel is the heaviest six in the world by total weight (all the bells combined).[6][7]

The interior contains memorials to many of the Mildmay family,[1] who were Lords of the manor. There is a wooden rood screen and octagonal stone font supported by four large carved supports.[8]

The churchyard contains a Commonwealth war grave of a Royal Navy seaman of World War I.[9]

The parish is part of the Cam Vale benefice, which includes Corton Denham, Sparkford, Sutton Montis, West Camel and Weston Bampfylde, within the Bruton and Cary deanery.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Church of St Barnabas". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Religious History" (PDF). Victoria County History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Church History". Queen Camel Village. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86127-502-0.
  5. ↑ "Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  6. 1 2 "St Barnabas, Queen Camel". Church of England. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "St Barnabas — The Clock and Bells". Queen Camel Parish Council. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Queen Camel, St. Barnabas". English Church Architecture. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  9. ↑ CWGC Casualty record.
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