A timeline provides us with a simple view of the timescale of key events relating to a particular perspective of history.
In this page we provide a local timeline that ties together church building dates and certain key local events in the historic village of South Brent that became Brent Knoll in the 19th C. In many cases these dates are approximate
1100 – 1200 Building of the Norman church dedicated to St Michael
1300 – 1350 Rebuilding of the nave and chancel
1400 – 1450 Tower construction
1450 – 1500 Adding the north aisle and carved wooden ceiling
1460 – 1470 Carving of Fox and Goose benchends
1637 Pulpit installed
1645 Easter Rising in South Brent
1663 John Somerset Memorial created
1781 Symes Tomb - burial place of Edward Symes, local sugeon
1850 – 1860 Rebuilding of chancel
1920 Erection of War Memorial in churchyard
1978 Death watch beetle attack on church roof
2009 South nave roof re-leaded