Interior of the Church of St James, Rigsby
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Interior of the Church of St James, Rigsby by Dave Hitchborne as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Interior of the Church of St James, Rigsby
Image: © Dave Hitchborne Taken: 18 Apr 2008
This picture, dated Easter 1863, shows a church built by the Rigsby family sometime prior to 1086. The earlier chalk walled and thatched roofed structure was supported by props. They also built a similar one at Tothby. The Rigsby church was converted to a chapelry in 1195 by Robert de Welle and given by Gilbert de Rigsby to the Gilbertine Priory of St Katherine at Lincoln, to which it belonged for over 300 years. The present church was built when the earlier church was photographed, in 1863. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/830193
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.256194
Longitude
0.143391