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St Andrew's Church was rebuilt between 1319 and 1359 to replace an earlier Norman church.
The tower is 120 feet high and a landmark for miles around. Inside the Church the scale is
just as evident.
A bust of Abraham Lincoln is displayed in a niche in the north aisle. It was given in 1919
by the people of Hingham in Massachusetts. In 1622 Samuel Lincoln was baptised here; in 1637
he sailed for America, and became the great-great-great-great-grandfather of the famous President.
Thomas Lord Morley died in 1435 as Lord of Hingham and Marshall of Ireland. His family tomb
occupies the prime position in the chancel with its soft red stone.
The East window was made in, or near, Cologne, about 1510, and imported and installed here
in 1825. One of the windows in the chancel has a unique geometrical sunflower pattern in
striking colours. It was installed in 1878 and is one of my favourites.
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