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St Andrew's Church Castle Combe - Routes - Networks - Connections
St Andrew’s Church, Market Place, Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 7HT
Friday 13 Sep 2024 and Saturday 14 Sep 2024
Fri 13 Sep:1100-1600; Sat 14 Sep:1100-1600; Free Entry.
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St Andrew's Church Castle Combe - Routes - Networks - Connections
Heritage Open Day: Exhibition about St Aldhelm's Way, which passes through Castle Combe, local walking routes, maps and signposts. Local volunteers will be on hand to answer questions and help with accessing the church heritage tour on 13th and 14th September. Monks on pilgrimage between Doulting near Glastonbury, where St Aldhelm died on 25 May 709AD, and Malmesbury, where he was buried, passed through Castle Combe. As they can today, refreshments and rest could be found at the Castle Inn opposite St Andrew’s Church by the Market Cross. Aldhelm had joined the Malmesbury community of monks following his education in Canterbury, and founded a Benedictine monastery there. He also founded monasteries in Frome and Bradford-on- Avon and built many local churches.