Pilton, Church And Old Village c.1940
Photo ref: P52008
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St Mary's was originally part of a Benedictine Priory, one of several founded by King Athelstan. The priory went the same way as many others at the dissolution of the monasteries in 1533 but St Mary's, dedicated by Bishop Bronescombe in 1259, was spared.

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