St Michael Churchyard in North Cadbury, Somerset

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North Cadbury, South Somerset District, Somerset BA22 7DR England

Coordinates: 51.04167, -2.52136
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Although there was a church on the site from the 12th or 13th century (a dean of Cadbury was recorded in the early 13th century and a rector in 1239) the current building dates from 1417, Papal approval being given in 1418, when the church named St. Michael the Archangel. Elizabeth Daubeney, Baroness Botreaux (d.1433), wife of William de Botreaux, 1st Baron Botreaux (d.1391) rebuilt the the nave and chancel in 1427; the earlier three-stage tower was left intact.

Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, granted the patronage of the church to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, leading to a dispute between the college and the owner of the manor of North Cadbury that became famous in the history of mortgage law. From the 17th century until 1979 the church remained under the patronage of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and every rector from the mid-17th century to the mid-20th century was a former fellow of the college.

During the 1980s, the interior fittings and decoration of the church were damaged beyond repair. The local sculptor John Robinson designed modern figures to replace them. Some controversy arose about the figures and they were eventually placed on the wall of the adjacent North Cadbury Court which overlooks the churchyard.