Editing Cheddar, Somerset (section)

== Religious sites ==
[[File:Cheddarchurch.jpg|thumb|[[Church of St Andrew, Cheddar|Church of St Andrew]]]]
The [[Church of St Andrew, Cheddar|Church of St Andrew]] dates from the 14th century. It was [[Victorian restoration|restored]] in 1873 by [[William Butterfield]]. It is a Grade&nbsp;I [[listed building]] and contains some 15th-century [[stained glass]] and an altar table of 1631. The [[church monument|chest tomb]] in the [[chancel]] is believed to contain the remains of Sir [[Thomas Cheddar]] and is dated 1442.<ref>{{NHLE| desc=Church of St. Andrew | num=1173613 | access-date=9 May 2006}}</ref> The tower, which rises to {{convert|100|ft|m|0}},<ref name="curio">{{Cite book|title=Curiosities of Somerset |last=Leete-Hodge |first=Lornie |year=1985 |publisher=Bossiney Books |location=Bodmin |isbn=0-906456-98-3 |page=20 }}</ref> contains a bell dating from 1759 made by Thomas Bilbie of the [[Bilbie family]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=James |first2=Roy |last2=Rice |first3= Ernest |last3=Hucker |title=Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers |year=1995 |publisher=The authors |isbn=0-9526702-0-8 }}</ref> The graveyard contains the grave of the hymn writer [[William Chatterton Dix]].

There are also churches for [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Methodism|Methodist]] and other denominations, including Cheddar Valley Community Church, who not only meet at the Kings of Wessex School on Sunday, but also have their own site on Tweentown for meeting during the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheddarvalleycommunitychurch.org/|title=Cheddar Valley Community Church|publisher=Cheddar Valley Community Church|access-date=30 March 2010|archive-date=19 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119094806/http://www.cheddarvalleycommunitychurch.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Baptist]] chapel was built in 1831.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1296121|desc=Baptist Chapel|access-date=30 March 2010}}</ref>