St. Nicholas' Church, Worth Matravers
St. Nicholas' Church, Worth Matravers
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St. Nicholas' Church, Worth Matravers
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May 7, 2018
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In the churchyard is the grave of Benjamin Justy (d. 1816), a farmer who may well have been the first person to use cowpox to inoculate against smallpox. Justy vaccinated his wife and family with cowpox vaccine in 1774, well before Dr Edward Jenner popularised vaccination.
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October 8, 2023
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It is not known with certainty whether it was built or reconstructed, as there are indications that there may have been a church here already in the late Saxon period.
July 11, 2024
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Elevation 140 m
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