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The Mysterious William Flintham

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton. The grave cover of a gentleman called William Flintham, and his son, is tucked away in the south east corner of the floor of the South Porch. It reads: …

Restoration work in the 1890s

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton The restoration work of the 1890s, under the supervision of Rev. Edgar Torr Hudson, and largely funded by the Everard family of Gosberton House, was cert…

Restoration Work in the 1860s

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton Whilst there was undoubtedly some restoration and repair work undertaken in the 16th to 18th centuries, our knowledge of such work in Victorian time…

The Crossing

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton A crossing is the name architects give to the junction of the four arms of a cross-shaped church. St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Gosberton has th…

The East Window (Chancel)

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton The extensive restoration work of 1864-69 included the lengthening of the chancel by about three feet eastwards. The original stonework of the east wall …

The North Aisle Artworks

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton Whilst the two most easterly windows in the North Aisle are works of art in themselves - and very good they are, too - there are a few more traditional ar…

The North Aisle Windows

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton The North Aisle contains five windows, as shown from west to east on the illustration above. They are numbered for reference. Windows no. 1 & 2 …

The Nave

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton The Nave of this church stretches from the west door to the base of the tower. On the north and south sides are arcades of four arches, set between subst…

The Church in the Fifteenth Century

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton Between 1436 and 1450 the nave was lengthened westward by one bay. Kaye, in his book ‘A Brief History of the Church and Parish of Gosberton’ (1897), tell…

The Church in the Fourteenth Century

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton In the late 1200s or early 1300s, almost the whole of the Norman, and much of the Early English, stages of the church structure was swept away and repla…

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