We use cookies to improve your experience, some are essential for the operation of this site.

St Thomas a Becket, Tilshead, St Thomas Becket, Wiltshire

Location
(51°13′52″N, 1°57′4″W)
Tilshead, St Thomas Becket
SU 035 480
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
medieval Old Sarum
now Salisbury
  • Allan Brodie
19 June 1991

Please use this link to cite this page - https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=10168.

Find out how to cite the CRSBI website here.

Description

The nave and its arcades date from the early 12th century and the chancel was rebuilt in the mid 13th century. The church was renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries, and it was restored in 1845-6 and in 1904. The Romanesque features are the north and south arcades, and the font.

History

The DB only records that the king held Tilshead. A rector was recorded at the church in c1170.

Features

Interior Features

Arcades

Nave

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

J. Buckler, Unpublished album of drawings. Devizes Museum, vol. VIII.

DCMS Listing Description, 1023968.

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, p. 520.

Victoria County History of Wiltshire Volume XV, p.263-75, esp. 272-3.