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Article: Celebrating 650 years of a church community; ST MARK'S IN BILTON IS READY TO COMMEMORATE ITS 650th ANNIVERSARY - BUT IT WAS MENTIONED AS FAR BACK AS THE DOMESDAY BOOK.(News)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2000
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MOST Rugby people know that tucked away in the quietest part of Bilton village is one of the prettiest churches around.
Built of local pink sandstone and surrounded by luscious greenery, it isn't for nothing that St Mark's, with its square tower and tall spire, has long been especially popular for weddings.
But when the church celebrates its 650th anniversary this month it will be about far more than stone walls and stained glass.
There will be genuine recognition of the part the church has played in the lives of Bilton people over the centuries - lives that left their ...