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Lilford Church Ruin

  • NHLE Name: Folly At TL 0220 8328
  • Also Known As: Browne's Church
  • Also Known As: Church of St Peter, Lilford
  • Address: Church Ln
  • Vicinity: Just N of Church of St John the Baptist
  • Type: Architectural Folly
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

Masonry from Church of St Peter, Lilford is a Grade II English Listed folly in Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. The limestone structure located in The Linches, a woodland adjacent to the Church of St John The Baptist in Achurch, was built in the Late 18th century of medieval masonry. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1325/00/00 The Church of St Peter (ruin) is built of limestone in Lilford, Northamptonshire, England. Nothing remains at the original site - just in front of present day Lilford Hall.
1600/10/27 Thomas Oliver Groom Agnes, probably the relic of Thomas Henson, marries Thomas Oliver in Lilford, Northamptonshire, England.
1602/05/30 Edmund Quincy Born Edmund Quincy, son of Edmund and Anne Palmer Quincy, is baptized at Lilford, Northamptonshire, England.
1615/00/00 Robert Browne (Separatist) Vocation During the years of 1615 to 1626, Rev Robert Browne preaching of his non conformist views at Lilford Church and the Chapel in nearby Thorpe Waterville.
1719/04/04 Judge Thomas Powys Died Thomas Powys dies at about age 70 in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England. Sir Powys was interred at Lilford Church (ruin).
1720/00/00 Robert Hartshorne (sculptor) Sculptor Sculptor Robert Hartshorne creates 20 ft high funeral monument for Sir Thomas Powys. Powys' recumbent figure, dressed in legal robes, is set between Corinthian columns, under an open segmental pediment. Monument to Sir Thomas Powys
1778/00/00 The medieval era Church of St Peter is razed and three arches from the nave arcade are set up in a L-shape plan in The Lynches, near Achurch Church. The triple-chamfered 2-centred arch with semi-quatrefoil responds date from the early C14.

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Particulars for Lilford Church Ruin:
Structure Arch
Structure Attribute Architectural Folly
Area of Significance Architecture
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Material Limestone
Era Medieval Europe
Sight Category Structure

Data
National Heritage List for England List Entry: 1040145



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