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| | Moorlinch | British History Online |
 | | Roads and footpaths converge on the village from Sutton Mallet and Stawell in the west, and from Chilton Polden, Edington, and Catcott in the northeast, each representing ancient ways from chapels to the mother church. |
 | | Moorlinch church is mentioned in charters of King Ine of 725 and of King Edgar of 971, neither considered authentic, in which it was said to rank as one of the churches of the abbey exempt from episcopal jurisdiction. |
 | | 10) As mother church of Catcott, Chilton Polden, Edington, Stawell, and Sutton Mallet it has some of the characteristics of a pre-Conquest minster and it was certainly in existence by 1175-6 when it formed part of the new archdeaconry of Glastonbury. |
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