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KELMSCOTT
In a typical village the parish church is right next to the manor house. But in Kelmscott, which spreads along 4 lanes that form a box, St George's Church is on the opposite side of the village to Kelmscott Manor. St George's was begun in the late 12th century. Since the middle of the 16th century it has remained virtually unaltered. William Morris made sure that some restoration carried out in the late 19th century did little to spoil the medieval character of the church. William Morris himself was buried in the churchyard in 1896. For the history and full information about St. George's Church click here. Kelmscott is in the extreme south-west of the district, very close to the Gloucestershire border about 2 miles east of Lechlade-on-Thames. There is no through route through the village, which makes it very quiet, that is if you ignore the tourist traffic and other visitors to Kelmscott Manor. |
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