The ruins of St James' Church.
St James' once served the settlement of Bawsey. Although nothing remains today, there was a large settlement here by the 8th to the 11th centuries, and St James' was constructed in the 1130s, serving the village until the 16th century.
The village at this time was cleared by a local landowner and the tenants moved elsewhere so that grazing could be created for sheep. By the late 1600s the church was in need of repair, but baptisms and burials would continue here for another century. By the mid-1800s however it was a roofless ruin and it has continued to deteriorate ever since.
The ruin today is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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