St Mary Magdelene Hullavington

St Mary Magdalene  Hullavington is a lively village church which extends a warm welcome to all ages.

There was a Norman church at Hullavington but nothing of this survives.  The oldest parts of the present church are the north and south aisle arcades of the late 12th century, the north being older.  The chancel, as broad as the nave, is of a similar date.  The fine north chapel is 13th century and is similar to those at Luckington and Sherston.  There is a low-side window, probably Perpendicular, one light above two.  A puzzle is the south porch entrance where the capitals do not match; it may not be the original arrangement.

A substantial restoration was undertaken by Blomfield in 1871-2 and he also designed the Perpendicular style west tower erected in 1880.  The church retains medieval bench ends and there is a big 17th century panel of the Sacrifice of Isaac.   Also displayed is the beautiful fragment of a chasuble dated to about 1500.  A monument to Simon Green, died 1616, carries a fine inscription and there is, unusually, a monument outside on the east wall to John Jackson, died 1739.  A memorial to Lydia Fuye, after listing her virtues, charmingly concludes: Deservèd praise might perhaps have missed her / Had not these lines been fixt here by her sister.

In recent years the church has had a dramatic reordering to make it a practical space for a plethora of activities.