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Churchyard

The churchyard contains several historic gravestones dating back more than 200 years, some of which have unusually poetic inscriptions.

On the south side of the chancel, close to the path, is a monument to the Brooker family. The inscription reads: "Here lyeth Mr John Brooker, buried 1551 with his sons of the same name in a direct line unto the fourth generation, the last of which was buried 1671, and since his brother Mr Thomas Brooker". At one time this was the oldest surviving outdoor legible memorial in the diocese, and although it was touched up in 1975 has deteriorated in recent years.

Close to the north wall of the chancel is a flat slab inscribed to the memory of George Goddard, who was killed in a riding accident in 1794, aged 18. The Goddards were a long-established Chilton family, and probably lived in the house of that name halfway down Church Hill.

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