Dates compiled from Our Millennium Book, with thanks to the contributors.
Date | Detail |
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931 | Wooden church already in existence. |
1086 | Domesday book entry for Priston. |
12th century | Nave of church built. |
15th century | Oldest existing bell installed in Priston Church. See How old is that bell?. |
c. 1530 | Dissolution of the monasteries leads to loss of Priston by Monastery of Bath to the Longs of Whaddon in Wiltshire. |
1754 | Priston church tower rebuilt. |
1756 | Priston Manor sold to William Jenkins for £15,475. |
1813 | William Vaughan presents cockerel weathervane and clock to Priston Church. |
1843 |
Piscina discovered walled-up. |
1860s | Priston church restored - pulpit installed. |
1869 | Stained class window installed. |
1906 |
Wooden bell-frame replaced by a
steel one. |
1917 | Roman coffin found on Hill Farm - later placed in entrance to Priston Church. Read the 1917 report of the original coffin find, (893kb) |
1951 |
Church roof was re-leaded. |
1976 |
Organ purchased for £200. |
1991 |
Pulpit altered. |
1997 | Most recent regilding of cockerel weathervane from Priston Church tower. |