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SUMMARY:Heritage Open Days - St Helena's Church\, Austerfield - Wed 16 Sep
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DESCRIPTION:St Helena's Church\, Austerfield\nOpen 12 noon - 4.00pm\nRefre
 shments between 1.00 - 3.00 pm\n\nCome to have a look inside and outside t
 he church at the amazing features.\nSee the displays of the village in yea
 rs gone by.\nEnjoy the angels on display around the church\, from our Ange
 l Festival held in August.\nStroll and stay a while in our silver award Ec
 o Garden.\n\nSt Helena's is an 11th Century Norman Church with strong link
 s with the Mayflower Pilgrims who set sail to the New World in 1620.  Aust
 erfield was the home of William Bradford.\nThe church was built in 1080 by
  John de Builli\, using stone from the Roche Abbey quarries. Over the cent
 uries the church has seen new sections built and renovations completed to 
 make it the church you see today.\nThe Tympanum over the south doorway dep
 icts a serpent like dragon. An article published in 1954 suggests it is 8t
 h century and relates its symbolic meaning to the calculation of the incid
 ence of Easter Day.\nIn 702AD Austerfield was the location of a Synod wher
 e a dispute between the King of Northumbria and Wilfrid\, Bishop of Ripon 
 was resolved. The Synod also discussed and agreed the way that Easter is c
 alculated.
LOCATION:St Helena's Church
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/17710/service-and-events/events/
 1351914/
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