Northam, St Margaret's Church 1890
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In 1645 St Michael's suffered an unusual fate for a church. Following Fairfax's rout of the royalist forces under Sir Ralph Hopton, the church was being used as a magazine and prison. Whether by accident or design is unclear, but 80 barrels of gunpowder exploded, taking around 200 men into the hereafter. The church was rebuilt in 1651 and the tower and spire added in 1828.
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