Built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. The word "lych" is middle English meaning "body" or"corpse". It was formerly used to shelter the coffin until clergy arrived to read the i…
Placed in All Saints in 1719, it is allegedly based on a font in St James Piccadilly carved by Grinding Gibbons. Adam and Eve are represented either side of the column with the coiled serpent. The tre…
Thought to be locally made sometime between the late 17th and early 18th century. Donations made were distributed between the poor and needy of the parish. During the 18th century it was used by the b…
These were required to be displayed in churches after the Reformation... to remind parishioners that the Monarch was the head of the Church of England and not the Pope!
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The piscina in the north aisle was part of a former chapel or chantry. This area would have been funded and used for private prayers solely for the benefactor and family by a dedicated priest.
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The modern choir vestry hides part of this area, thought to be dedicated to St Anthony. There is evidence of a piscina alcove although the basin is cemented over.…
