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Poor souls' light at All Saints' Church is a medieval votive light feature associated with the church in Gloucestershire. Such lights were established as perpetual or regular devotional offerings, typically funded through bequests or parish endowments, and formed an important element of late medieval parish religious practice. The feature reflects the contemporary concern with intercession for the souls of the dead, a central preoccupation of fifteenth and sixteenth century English Christianity before the Reformation. All Saints' Church itself is a substantial parish church of medieval origin, and the poor souls' light would have been maintained as part of the church's liturgical and devotional functions during the late medieval period.
Poor souls' light at All Saints' Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018447. View the official record →
Poor souls' light at All Saints' Church is a medieval votive light feature associated with the church in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018447.
Poor souls' light at All Saints' Church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018447.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Norn`s Tump long barrow, 400m south-east of Hill Farm (7.7 km), Romano-British farmstead 200m south west of Longman's Barn Farm (8.1 km), Long barrow 100m north of Oldfield Wood (8.4 km).
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