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[poliphilo]

A couple of pictures of the exterior of St Peter and St Paul, Chaldon. Not an outstanding building, as you can see- but old; there was a church here in Saxon times- and some of the fabric you're seeing may go back that far. The Victorians stuck the funny little spire on. They liked spires- and so do I. The Pilgrims Way runs nearby.

And Croydon is just up the road.






The building at the back- which looks medieval- is a sort of parish hall- and was hosting a preschool nursery group while I was there. The  group is called Twiglets.

The church has a reputation for being haunted, but I can't run any specific stories to earth. Put "haunted Chaldon" in your search engine and sooner or later you'll stumble on a photo which seems to show a little grey man either leaning or sitting on a gravestone. As ghost photos go it's one of the better ones.

This unusual tablet- dated 1563- is in the South chapel. It seems not to be a funerary monument but simply an injunction to good works. The text begins "Good redar warne all man and women who.....here to be ever good to the poore and nedy..."

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There was a small medieval belfry. It was enlarged and had a spire stuck on top of it in 1843.