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with electric doors helping the able and less able to access without external assistance. The church is built of local stone and has an octagonal font. The pulpit dates from 1876 with four panels carved with scenes from St Paul's life, the lectern was installed at the same time. Since the Second World War, both the
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influence in the 1640s many of the church's decorative pieces and all the stained glass was smashed after a 1643 Act of
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