The church tower dates from the fifteenth century at least and has a clock that dates from then too. The oldest monuments in the church date from the 1400s including a tomb effigy though to be of Sir William Tyrington who died in 1400.
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Churches (19) : St Botolph, Aspley Guise
There has been a church in Aspley Guise since Saxon times, the church of St Botolph (a seventh century Anglo-Saxon abbot and scholar) dates from the early thirteenth century at least with the first record of the church dating from 1223. The church was extensively reworked in the early nineteenth century. The church is made from ironstone with ashlar dressings, the tower from limestone rubble.
The church tower dates from the fifteenth century at least and has a clock that dates from then too. The oldest monuments in the church date from the 1400s including a tomb effigy though to be of Sir William Tyrington who died in 1400.
The church tower dates from the fifteenth century at least and has a clock that dates from then too. The oldest monuments in the church date from the 1400s including a tomb effigy though to be of Sir William Tyrington who died in 1400.
