All Saints Church is the

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of the town of

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, England. It is dedicated to

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and is a Grade II listed building. It is located on Church Street and to the east of the town centre. The tower is a prominent landmark in the town.

History

The present church was built in 1838 as a replacement of an older medieval church. It is constructed of yellow pale brick and

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, with

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dressings. Nicholas Antram, in his ''Lincolnshire'' volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, revised and reissued in 2002, records the architect as W. A. Nicholson, and describes the style as of the

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type. The older church was deemed redundant and was demolished in the 1980s to allow for an expansion of the nearby cemetery. The site is designated as a

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. All Saints is a

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and contains some important

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Present day

The church serves as a local landmark and a place of worship and community gatherings. In 2015 the Rector applied for permission to reduce the height of nine yew trees in the churchyard which date back nearly 200 years. Supported by the

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and some local residents and parishioners, he argued that the size of the trees obscured views of the church, and particularly of the clock in the church tower.

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denied permission for the

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of the trees, saying that "the proposed works would be excessive and unjustified", and instead imposed a

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on them.

Gallery

All Saints Church, Wragby - geograph.org.uk - 4073179.jpg, The church and the yew trees Wragby (Lincs) All Saints' church, interior (27147273722).jpg, Interior Wragby (Lincs) All Saints' church East window (26968983340).jpg, East window Old churchyard gates - geograph.org.uk - 521434.jpg, The site of the old medieval church and graveyard. The church survived until 1980 before it was demolished after expansion of the churchyard

References

Sources

* * {{cite book , last1 = Pevsner , first1 = Nikolaus , last2 = Harris , first2 = John , last3 = Antram , first3 = Nicholas , authorlink1 = Nikolaus Pevsner , title = Lincolnshire , series =

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, url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tQqV7kdX1Y0C&q=Lincolnshire , year = 2002 , publisher =

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, location = New Haven, US and London , isbn = 0-300-09620-8 Grade II listed churches in Lincolnshire Churches in Lincolnshire Listed buildings in Lincolnshire Wragby Church of England church buildings in Lincolnshire