History in Structure

Parish Church of St Laurence

A Grade I Listed Building in Weston Underwood, Milton Keynes

  • St Laurence: originally chapel of ease to Olney, refounded 1376 from which much of the building is now; late c14 Perpendicular windows

  • St Laurence: mid c15 Perpendicular two-stage west tower; diagonal buttresses, embattled parapet

  • St Laurence: late c14 nave with earlier chancel arch; chamfered arches on circular columns

  • St Laurence: chancel with c14 east window; three cinquefoiled lights under pointed head

  • St Laurence: monument attributed to Francis Bird from about 1688; Throckmorton inscriptions from 1614 to 1839

  • St Laurence: Elizabeth Throckmorton, (nee Hussey), d.1554; shields, inscription & daughters

  • St Laurence: Elizabeth Throckmorton, (nee Hussey), d.1554, widow of Walter Hungerford; head is a modern replacement

  • St Laurence: five daughters from the brass to Elizabeth Throckmorton (nee Hussey), d.1554

  • St Laurence: inscription from the brass to Elizabeth Throckmorton (nee Hussey), d.1554

  • St Laurence: upper shield showing Throckmorton with six quarterings impaling Hussey & Fortescue

  • St Laurence: shield showing Throckmorton arms (gules a cheveron argent charged with three gimel bars sable)

  • St Laurence: shield showing arms of Hungerford (sable two bars argent with three roundels in chief) impaling Hussey

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Laurence

Listing Date: 17 November 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1115832

English Heritage Legacy ID: 351172

ID on this website: 101115832

Location: St Lawrence's Church, Weston Underwood, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK46

County: Milton Keynes

Civil Parish: Weston Underwood

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Weston Underwood

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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