Thames Ditton, St Nicholas' Church c.1955
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T103014
More about this scene
The church is first mentioned around 1120 as belonging to Merton Priory. The bell tower and part of the chancel wall are from this period. At least six stages of extensions and rebuilding, including a major though sympathetic re-building in the mid Victorian period, result in the church we see today. Of special interest are the font (early Norman) and the Doom painting above the chancel arch. Three bells are mentioned in an inventory in 1552; the ring was increased to six in 1753-54 by Thomas Swaine of Longford. The church is famous for its brasses: five groups depict about 70 figures dating from the 16th century – one brass, of William Notte and his wife, shows 19 children. The bells were re-cast in 1962 by Taylor's and re-hung in a new hardwood frame in 1980.
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