We all meet at the car park of St Michael and All Angels, Enborne. The church is difficult to find as it is not on Church Lane at all but just round the corner on the main Enborne road. Or is it me?
Thanks to our leader and educator who informs us that the earliest church of which anything remains was built in the12th century.
The font could be saxon.
A series of restorations were carried out in the late 19th century and when the whitewash was removed from the north side of the chancel, a wall painting of the Annunciation was discovered. Probably dating from the 14th century, it has been recently restored and is much admired.
The First Battle of Newbury during the Civil War, took place in the fields surrounding the church.
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