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Updated: May 7, 2025

This church was swept away by Ranulf Flambard, the notorious justiciar and chaplain of William II., whose evil deeds, contrary to the oft-quoted passage from Mark Antony's speech in Julius Cæsar, are now generally forgotten; while the good deeds that he wrought, the nave of this church, and the still grander nave of Durham Cathedral Church, Durham Castle, "Norham's castled steep," and Kepier Hospital, built while he held the most important diocese in the North of England, live after him, and have shed a glory on his name.

Rev. Thomas Perkins - Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory : A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings