No cheating now! What is an "Oblate"?

 St Michael and All Angels, Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire
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Belmont Abbey is a Catholic Benedictine monastery that forms part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It stands on a small hill overlooking the city of Hereford to the east. The 19th century Abbey also serves as a parish church
 
 
Oblates are individuals, either laypersons or clergy, normally living in general society, who, while not professed monks or nuns, have individually affiliated themselves with a monastic community of their choice. They make a formal, private promise (annually renewable or for life, depending on the monastery with which they are affiliated) to follow the Rule of the Order in their private life as closely as their individual circumstances and prior commitments permit.
 
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The mason missed out the year of death

 St Mary and St Gabriel, Binbrook, Lincolnshire
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Binbrook's parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Gabriel. There were two village churches, St Mary and St Gabriel, since disappeared. A new church with joint dedication was built in 1869 by James Fowler.
 
 
The text has been arranged in an unusual order probably because the mason missed out the year of death and added it later. 
 
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Military medals depicted in an unusual and effective way.

 St Helen, Burgh on Bain, Lincolnshire
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A small church consisting of west tower, a two-bay nave with side aisles and a chancel. The south aisle is of the 13th century while the north aisle copies it and dates to an 1871-72 restoration.


This is the first time we have seen military medals depicted
in this unusual and effective way.
 
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The famous tomb of Blanche Mortimer of 1347.

 St Bartholomew, Much Marcle, Herefordshire
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St. Bartholomew’s Church at Much Marcle is a large 13th century parish church often described as a mini Cathedral. 6 fine Charles Earner Kempe stained glass windows can be seen along with the internationally famous yew tree which is over 1500 years old.
 
 
The chancel at St. Bartholomew’s Church contains
the famous tomb of Blanche Mortimer of 1347.
 
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"... with red hair and a temperament to match ...".

 St Mary and St Gabriel, Binbrook, Lincolnshire
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Binbrook's parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Gabriel. There were two village churches, St Mary and St Gabriel, since disappeared. A new church with joint dedication was built in 1869 by James Fowler.
 

"... with red hair and a temperament to match ...".

 
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Edmund died of "exposure and fatigue" ascending Mount Etna in 1819.

 All Saints, Legbourne, Lincolnshire
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All Saints Church is a Grade 1 listed building. It was built in 1380 and was extensively rebuilt in 1865. It is built in grey and green sandstone. The east end of the south aisle was once a Chantry, a small chapel where a priest who had been commissioned to say private prayers on the death of a wealthy person, could carry out these duties.


 Two brothers who both died in unusual circumstances - Frederick was drowned in 1815 while bathing in the sea and Edmund died of "exposure and fatigue" ascending Mount Etna in 1819.
 
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A very unusual design with a military theme.

 St. Peter's, Weedon, Northamptonshire
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The church is situated between a canal and a rather noisy railway.
 
 
A very unusual design with a military theme. I wonder if all the families listed all had connections with Weedon?
 
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The dates seem to be in error. Born June 1856 and died December 1855.

 St Peter and St Paul, Scaldwell, Northamptonshire
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I assume the loose stones in the graveyard were to be used in some repair project?
 
 
The dates seem to be in error. Born June 1856 and died December 1855?
 
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