Lamargelle church dates mainly from the late 19th century. The building comprises a nave (dating from the 13th century and partly preserved) with a single nave of two bays, a tower-porch (rebuilt in 1860) crowned by a square slate-roofed spire, and a choir (rebuilt between 1860 and 1861) consisting of a straight bay and a three-sided apse, the whole covered by a six-quarter rib vault. |In spiritual terms, the Abbey of Saint-Bénigne in Dijon had rights over an ancient priory founded in the 10th century on its territory (but soon transferred to that of Grancey-le-Château), and Auberive Abbey owned the tithes it had obtained in 1214 from the de Grancey family and shortly afterwards from Renaud de Vivey. |The church of Lamargelle, dedicated to Saint Martin, was a branch of that of Poinson-lès-Grancey, and was served either by its parish priest or by his vicars. After the Concordat in 1801, it became a curial parish, with Chalmessin and Vivey as branches. However, as the church of Vivey remained a branch of that of Praslay, it was the church of Villemervry that replaced it as a branch until 1869 (when it became a branch of the church of Villemoron). The 13th century church, which had fallen into disrepair after the Revolution, had an older choir divided in two to serve partly as a sacristy and an old ruined bell tower at the entrance to the choir. For a long time, the commune of Lamargelle had been planning to rebuild the badly damaged choir, but did not have sufficient resources. In May 1861, Pierre Elie Mamiot, a parish priest from the village who was suffering from infirmities and had therefore retired to the village, offered to take on the work for the local Fabrique, and also gave the commune 6,000 francs to cover any additional expenses, thus becoming the parish's benefactor. An estimate and plans for rebuilding the bell tower and porch were drawn up in 1859 by the architect Paul Péchiné in Langres, and the work was carried out in 1860 by the contractors François Mignard and Bénigne Seuret of Santenoge for 4,694.80 francs. Work on rebuilding the choir, the vaults of the nave and enlarging the windows was carried out the following year, along with the reconstruction of the sacristy, which had fallen into disrepair some twenty years earlier. Jean-Baptiste Schanosky, an excellent woodcarver from Dijon, carried out all the additional cabinetwork and furniture, adding his own personal touch by placing a devil under the priest's folding seat. In 2011, the church's roof was completely redone by the municipality, and the following year, the "Vals des Tilles Patrimoine" association restored its stained glass windows.
Eglise Saint-Martin de Lamargelle-aux-Bois
