Church of St Barnabas, Queen Camel

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Church of St Barnabas
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Location Queen Camel, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°01′19″N2°34′26″W / 51.02194°N 2.57389°W / 51.02194; -2.57389 Coordinates: 51°01′19″N2°34′26″W / 51.02194°N 2.57389°W / 51.02194; -2.57389
Built14th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated24 March 1961 [1]
Reference no.431093
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Location of Church of St Barnabas in Somerset

The Church of St Barnabas in Queen Camel, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1]

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A former church in Queen Camel was the mother church to Somerton, Chilton Cantelo and the surrounding area before 1140. In the 12th century the church was given to Cleeve Abbey. [2] The first recorded rector was in 1317. [1] The church underwent Victorian restoration in 1888. [2]

The church has a 96 feet (29 m) high tower, built in five stages, [3] [1] which dates from around 1491, [4] The tower contains a heavy ring of six bells. While St Buryan in Cornwall is home to the heaviest ring of six bells by the weight of the tenor bell alone, [5] Queen Camel is the heaviest six in the world by total weight (all the bells combined). [6] [7]

The interior contains memorials to many of the Mildmay family, [1] who were Lords of the manor. There is a wooden rood screen and octagonal stone font supported by four large carved supports. [8]

The churchyard contains a Commonwealth war grave of a Royal Navy seaman of World War I. [9]

The parish is part of the Cam Vale benefice, which includes Corton Denham, Sparkford, Sutton Montis, West Camel and Weston Bampfylde, within the Bruton and Cary deanery. [6]

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  2. 1 2 "Religious History" (PDF). Victoria County History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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