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St Thomas, Legsby, Lincolnshire

Location
(53°21′18″N, 0°17′35″W)
Legsby
TF137856
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Lincolnshire
now Lincolnshire
medieval St Thomas
now St Thomas
  • Thomas E. Russo
  • Thomas E. Russo
22 July 1998

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Feature Sets
Description

Legsby is a small village in the West Lindsey district of L:incolnshire, 3 miles SE of Market Rasen and 13 miles NE of Lincoln. The church is in the village centre and has a W tower with a N vestry, nave, and chancel. The earliest parts of the building date from the 13thc, including the chancel and tower arches and there are signs of work done in the 16thc and the upper parts of the tower are 18thc. It is built of squared sandstone rubble, and there is a 12thc font.

History

Alsige had 1 carucate of ploughland here before the Conquest, held by Everard from William de Percy in 1086. It is unclear which St Thomas is intended by the dedication.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The font at nearby Cabourne also has a double row of cable moulding around the rim.

Bibliography

Historic England Listed Building. English Heritage Legacy ID: 197140.

Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record. MLI53263

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Harmondsworth 1990, 433.