Mr Mitchell's latest theory is that St Mary's Church in Purton, which boast both a west tower and a spire, was modelled on Malmesbury Abbey 12 miles away. Speaking to BBC Wiltshire, Mr Mitchell ...

in the Middle Ages the building had a tall central spire... Malmesbury Abbey's founder, Maidulph, died in 675. At this time Aldhelm, a Saxon by birth and related to King Ine of Wessex, took over ...

The non-denominational chapel was built in the 1880s in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, and has fallen into disuse in recent years. It is currently closed. Malmesbury Town Council hopes the chapel could be ...