Church of St Michael, Creech St Michael
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The Church of St Michael, which stands next to the River Tone
in Creech St Michael
, Somerset
, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The church came into the ownership of Montacute Priory
in 1362.
The musicians gallery was built in 1826 and was used until the installation of the Holdich organ in 1985. The organ had previously been in Rockwell Green
Baptist Church since about 1860.
River Tone
The River Tone is a river in Somerset, England, which is about long. It rises at Beverton Pond near Huish Champflower in the Brendon Hills, and is dammed at Clatworthy Reservoir. The reservoir outfall continues through Taunton and Curry and Hay Moors, which are designated as a Site of Special...
in Creech St Michael
Creech St Michael
Creech St. Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated three miles east of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 2,464...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The church came into the ownership of Montacute Priory
Montacute Priory
Montacute Priory was a Cluniac priory of the Benedictine order in Montacute, Somerset, England, founded between 1078 and 1102 by William, Count of Mortain, in face of a threat that if he did not do so, the King would take the land from him. It was the only Somerset dependency of Cluny Abbey until...
in 1362.
The musicians gallery was built in 1826 and was used until the installation of the Holdich organ in 1985. The organ had previously been in Rockwell Green
Rockwell Green
Rockwell Green is a village near Wellington, in the Taunton Deane district of Somerset, England. It lies just east of the Somerset-Devon border and is overlooked by the Blackdown Hills.The Wellington Monument is visible from almost anywhere in the village...
Baptist Church since about 1860.