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Parish Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Thorncombe, Dorset

  • St Mary: new church 1867-8 in Perpendicular style; windows modelled on Forde Abbey cloisters

  • St Mary: nave with piers of four chamfered projections

  • St Mary: Sir Thomas Brooke, d.1419, & wife Johanna, d.1437; rescued from old church

  • St Mary: Sir Thomas Brooke, d.1419; knight in fur lined civilian costume, SS collar

  • St Mary: Johanna Hanham of Holditch Court, d.1437, wife of Sir Thomas Brooke, eng.1437

  • St Mary: SS collar from the brass of Thomas Brooke, d.1419

  • St Mary: SS collar from the brass to Johanna, d.1437, wife of Thomas Brooke

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Thorncombe, Dorset

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Thorncombe, Dorset

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Thorncombe, Dorset

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Thorncombe, Dorset

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Thorncombe, Dorset

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Thorncombe, Dorset

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 8 April 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1118952

English Heritage Legacy ID: 104609

ID on this website: 101118952

Location: St Mary's Church, Thorncombe, Dorset, TA20

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Thorncombe

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

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