Hengrave St John the Lateran?s church
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Hengrave St John the Lateran?s church
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 22 Apr 2007
This church has not been the parish church for many years. It now belongs to the Hall in whose grounds it sits. It is only accessible by permission from the owner. The tower is remarkable in that it is Saxon with an internal diameter of 12 feet 9 inches, and tapers slightly inwards which is very rare. Inside the porch, we see an elaborate stoup and find that the church was rebuilt by Sir Thomas Hemegrave (1419). Much of what remains in the church is from that period; the font certainly is, which according to H. Munro Cautley stands on the upturned bowl of another. The monuments are quite outstanding: that of Margaret, Countess of Bath and her three husbands, John Bourchier, Thomas Kitson and Sir Richard Longe, and yet another of Sir Thomas Kitson lying between his two wives.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.284974
Longitude
0.67357