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Rare King James Bible found in Wiltshire village church

A rare original King James Bible has been discovered on a shelf in a Wiltshire church.

The discovery was made by residents researching the history of St Laurence Church in Hilmarton, near Calne.

Geoff Procter, a member of the parochial church council, said they read about a "fine chained Bible in a glass case" at the church.

They then made the link with a Bible that had been sitting on a shelf at the church for a number of years....

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