Church of St Hubert

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2000Millennium fresco by Fleur Kelly added to the bell-turret framework.
1983Bell turret restored.
1971Fire damages the vestry and chancel roof; restoration follows.
1912–1913Major restoration undertaken by H. S. Goodhart-Rendel for the Clarke-Jervoise family.
1912–1913Vestry, organ gallery and restored chancel ceiling added.
1897Ordnance Survey records the building as St Hubert's Church.
1868Ordnance Survey map records the church as St Peter and St Paul Church (Chapel of Ease).
1864Medieval wall paintings rediscovered beneath layers of whitewash.
1864Dedication changed from St Peter and St Paul to St Hubert following interpretation of the wall paintings.
1824Further repairs undertaken and recorded on the Royal Arms panel.
1793Church repaired; commemorative inscription later displayed within the building.
Mid 17th centuryManor of Chalton awarded to Oliver Cromwell during the Commonwealth period.
1539Tarrant Nunnery dissolved during the Dissolution of the Monasteries; church passes from monastic ownership.
Early 16th centurySouth side of the nave widened and Perpendicular windows inserted.
c.1330Major cycle of wall paintings created in the chancel, depicting scenes from the life of St John the Baptist.
1305Earliest surviving record of the Rectors of Chalton and Idsworth.
Late 12th–13th centuryChancel and bell turret probably added.
Late 12th centuryQueen Eleanor of Aquitaine grants the church to Tarrant Nunnery in Dorset.
1066Following the Norman Conquest, Idsworth is granted to Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury.
1053Earliest documentary reference to the church appears in the will of Godwin, Earl of Wessex.
Before c.1000Earliest stone church likely established on the site.
c.1000Saxon church reconstructed in stone and flint, forming the core of the present building.
Present daySt Hubert's is recognised as one of England's finest small medieval churches, renowned for its wall paintings and remarkably preserved interior.

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