Christ Church East Kennett
Archaeological evidence has suggested that a church was in existence at East Kennett in the 12th century renovated in the 15th century. The church was appropriated by the priory of St. Margaret in Marlborough in 1383 but after the dissolution of the monasteries the priorys estates passed in 1539 to Anne of Cleves the fourth wife of Henry VIII and in 1541 to Catherine Howard his fifth wife. At this time the curacy of the parish was worth only 6 13s. 4d. per annum and continued to be a living providing a low income to the incumbent throughout the succeeding centuries. In the 19th century the living became a vicarage rather than a curacy. Churchwardens presentations in the 16th and 17th centuries reported decay in the church fabric. It is known that in 1807 the church comprised a nave south porch and wooden bell tower at its west end housing a bell which had been given in 1704. In 1863 the church was rebuilt endowed by the Mathews family of East Kennett Manor. The new church was constructed with chequered stonework and knapped flint and incorporated a nave with north tower and spire a south porch and a chancel. The work was carried out by Gane and Co. of Trowbridge. Retained from the old church were monuments to the Mathews and Tooker families in 1879 John Mathews left the income from a bequest of 300 for the maintenance of the church and churchyard. In 1864 a cup paten and flagon were given to the new church and five new bells were given between 1864 and 1878.