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St Thomas' Church

A Grade I Listed Building in Great Shefford, West Berkshire

  • St Thomas's Church

  • Nave

  • wall painting

  • Purbeck marble tomb

  • alabaster tomb

  • Old Church: small redundant church set on the banks of the river Lambourn

  • Old Church: glass in east window

  • Old Church: some late medieval or Tudor tiles

  • Old Church: Thomas Fettiplace of East Shefford, d.1446, and wife Beatrice, d.1447, a princess of Portugal, widow of Sir Gilbert Talbot

  • Old Church: Thomas Fettiplace of East Shefford, d.1446, and wife Beatrice, d.1447

  • Old Church: Thomas Fettiplace of East Shefford, d.1446

  • Old Church: Beatrice of Portugal, d.1447, wife of Thomas Fettiplace of East Shefford, d.1446

  • Old Church: John Fettiplace of Bessels Leigh & East Shefford, d.1524, & wife Dorothy Danvers of Dauntsey, d.1557

  • Old Church: inscription from the tomb of John Fettiplace of Bessels Leigh & East Shefford, d.1524

  • Old Church: shield from the tomb of John Fettiplace of Bessels Leigh & East Shefford, d.1524

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Entry Name: St Thomas' Church

Listing Date: 11 July 1983

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1321841

English Heritage Legacy ID: 39340

ID on this website: 101321841

Location: Great Shefford, West Berkshire, RG17

County: West Berkshire

Civil Parish: Great Shefford

Traditional County: Berkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire

Church of England Parish: Great Shefford

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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