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		<title>St. Mary&#8217;s Church &#8211; Kings Pyon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lovely Norman church, but difficult to photograph as it sits on its own little hill! &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Font 12th century wooden font&#8230;..ornately carved. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lovely Norman church, but difficult to photograph as it sits on its own little hill!<span id="more-1229"></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-exterior.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1230" src="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-exterior-300x225.jpg" alt="Kings Pyon - Herefordshire - St. Marys - exterior" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1231" src="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-interior-300x225.jpg" alt="Kings Pyon - Herefordshire - St. Marys - interior" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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<h2>Font</h2>
<p>12th century wooden font&#8230;..ornately carved.</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1232" src="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-font-2-wood-300x225.jpg" alt="Kings Pyon - Herefordshire - St. Marys - font 2 wood" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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One of the carvings at the base of the wooden font, which appears to show a winged Knight Templar</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1233" src="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-wooden-font-detail-225x300.jpg" alt="Kings Pyon - Herefordshire - St. Marys - wooden font detail" width="225" height="300" /></p>
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The top of the font, which can be raised and lowered using an ingenious pulley system</p>
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<p><a href="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-wooden-font-top.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1234" src="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-wooden-font-top-225x300.jpg" alt="Kings Pyon - Herefordshire - St. Marys - wooden font top" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
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<h2>2nd font, possibly 13th century</h2>
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<h2>Memorials</h2>
<p>Mid 14th century effigy of what is believed to be a Mortimer and his wife. There is considerable damage to the stone</p>
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<p><a href="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-mortimer-effigy.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1238" src="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-mortimer-effigy-300x225.jpg" alt="Kings Pyon - Herefordshire - St. Marys - mortimer effigy" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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another view of the effigy, showing the lion at the foot</p>
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<p><a href="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-mortimer-effigy2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1239" src="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-mortimer-effigy2-300x225.jpg" alt="Kings Pyon - Herefordshire - St. Marys - mortimer effigy2" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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<h3>Elizabeth Carpenter</h3>
<p>Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter relict of James Carpenter Esq. of the Hide Field in this parish, who conscientiously discharged through life the various duties of a Christian, a parent, and a friend, and died universally esteemed and respected the 9th day of June 1794 aged 70. Sacred to the memory of James Carpenter, eldest son of James Carpenter Esq. by Elizabeth his wife, who died the 17th day of July 1792 aged 37</p>
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<p><a href="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-memorial-plaque.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1240" src="http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Pyon-Herefordshire-St.-Marys-memorial-plaque-225x300.jpg" alt="Kings Pyon - Herefordshire - St. Marys - memorial plaque" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
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There are also memorials to the Tomkyns family who farmed nearby and were responsible for breeding the original Hereford cows.</p>
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