The Anglican parish Church of St Nicholas in Brushford,

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, England was built in the 15th century, and has been designated as a Grade I

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. The church has a medieval screen, 13th-century font and possibly the oldest parish chest in the country, hollowed from a tree trunk. The roof was at one time covered with pegged oak planks. Some of these were discovered during repairs in 2001 and 2002 and suggest that it once had

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s. The Herbert memorial chapel includes a chest tomb with effigy of

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Pixton Park Pixton Park is a country house in the parish of Dulverton, Somerset, England. It is associated with at least three historically significant families, successively by descent: Acland, amongst the largest landowners in the Westcountry; Herbert, ...

, the

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Member of Parliament (MP) for the Southern division of Somerset from 1911 to 1918, and for

Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somerset's southern border with ...

from 1918 until his death in 1923, by Cecil de Banquiere Howard of

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under a wooden canopy designed by Edwin Lutyens. The parish is within the benefice of

Dulverton Dulverton is a small town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The town had a population of 1,408 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately ...

with Brushford,

Brompton Regis Brompton Regis (formerly known as Kingsbrompton) is a village and civil parish in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England about north-east of Dulverton. It is situated on the River Pulham in the Brendon Hills within the Exmoo ...

, Upton and Skilgate which is part of the Exmoor deanery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brushford, Saint Nicholas 15th-century church buildings in England Church of England church buildings in West Somerset Grade I listed churches in Somerset Grade I listed buildings in West Somerset

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