Chedzoy Candle Auction

THIS candle auction which probably dates from the end of the fifteenth century is one of the oldest in the country. A piece of land, known as 'Church Acre', is auctioned every twenty-one years at Chedzoy near Bridgwater in Somerset; in fact the land is just under an acre, and the money raised by the auction goes to the Fabrication Fund of the parish church. There are three schools of thought on when and by whom the field was donated. These are

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