St Mary's, Timsbury
Introduction
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St Mary's, Timsbury
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 9 Feb 2015
Timsbury has its origins somewhere in Anglo-Saxon times, but there appears to have been some form of place of worship by Domesday. Certainly, by the late thirteenth century a church was established for the little gathering of houses and farms here. One of the local lords of the manor, Sir Barnaby Samborne (standard bearer to Elizabeth I), was enshrined in the churchyard and somehow evaded the destructive efforts of the Puritans. However, the church found more trouble with general dilapidation and the lot had to be demolished in 1820. It was rebuilt in 1826 based on designs by no less a luminary than Sir George Gilbert Scott; side aisles were added in 1852. See Image] for more views.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.325521
Longitude
-2.478715