St. Mary's Church, serving Old Basing & Lychpit, Old Basing, Hampshire, England.

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"The parish church of St. Mary in Basing is an ancient building steeped in history. Though the church we see today is largely 16th century in date, there are glimpses of earlier developments to be seen and the site itself has a long pedigree stretching way back into the mists of time. The earliest definite surviving mention of a church in Basing comes from a 1077 record of the rights of advowson owned by the Abbey of Mont St. Michel at Basing Church and a second dependent chapel in Basingstoke. This patronage was confirmed nine years later in King William I's national survey, the Domesday Book: Mont St. Michel holds from the King 1 church with 1 hide and the tithes of Basingstoke manor. A priest; 2 villagers and 4 smallholders with 1 plough. A mill at 20s; meadow, 2 acres."

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Size: 3624px × 2415px
Location: Church Lane, Old Basing, Basingstoke, RG24 7DJ England
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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