It has been claimed that this is the furthest south reached by any ice sheet in Britain during the Pleistocene epoch, [1] however the Anglian icesheet is known to have extended as far south as the north coast of Cornwall and to Scilly.

[6] On Monday May 27, 1912 a band of ringers led by William Pye rang a peal of 15,264 changes of Bristol Surprise major in 9 hours and 49 minutes.

[8] St Andrew's contains a number of funereal monuments and memorials to local families and dignitaries.

[9] In addition to the Blackborne memorial, there is also a stone tablet incised with verses proclaiming it as the resting place of the "Right Hon.

Thomas Clutterbuck, treasurer of the Navy, and one of his Majesty's (king George II) most honourable privy council," who died 1742.