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and therefore the centre of population, whilst All Saints' served the nearby hamlet of
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was built, partly within the parish, St
Nicholas's became too small to serve the increased population. This led to the building of a new main church for the parish, and St Nicholas's became a chapel of ease.
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or hamlets. In such a case the parish church will be in the main settlement, with one or more chapels of ease in the subordinate village(s) and/or hamlet(s). An example is the chapel belonging to
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When two or more existing parishes are combined into a single parish, one or more of the old church buildings may be kept as a chapel of ease. For example, the six Roman
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Some chapels of ease are buildings which used to be the main parish church until a larger building was constructed for that purpose. For example, the small village of
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