St Andrew Letcombe Regis

A few weeks ago I thought I had better visit some more churches over Wantage was in the area of the Ridgeway, it's also the area of the King Alfred the Great Legends. After looking in Wikipedia for history on the church I was dumbstruck to find none but Britain Express came to my rescue and rather than cut and paste what has been said I would suggest you click their link and read the comprehensive history they have written but in case you do not the church dates back to 1086 but was rebuilt in the 12th century with additions in the 14th

Above the church looking from the footpath.

Left the tower















The South West side of the bell tower

The North side looking East

You can see here the East end of the church which is built on a slope

The South Side looking at the chancel end

South East end

This was the original entrance to the church

With I'm presuming was the Holy Water Stoupe

The porch and entrance to the church

View down the nave towards the chancel

The altar and East Window in the chancel

Above the altar with cancel holders and altar cross



Right looking back down the nave from the chancel

Above the pulpit and left the view from it

A screen blocks off the bell loft with the font in front which is 12th century and one of the only original parts that remain

At the back of the church is this plaque stating who the churchwardens are dated  1737

The Roll of Honour for those from Letcombe Regis who died in the First World War

Another Roll of honour to those from the Second World War

Memorial to William Reading and his Wife Elizabeth

Left an impressive memorial his is beside the pulpit.

Right memorial to Harriet Ellen Silver

Left a brass memorial which is hard to read due to its age.

Right another smaller memorial which I found hard to make out

In the chancel you can see this organ

which still have its old features on it and stands out with the painted pipes

Above the top of one of the windows in the church with stained glass

The windows are of plain glass though in the chancel window on the east end you can see some medieval glass

By the pulpit you can see these North windows

The churchyard on the South side beside the path

Above I wonder is this is a memorial of the remains of a preaching cross

Left a fenced off family vault

The churchyard looking to the west

The headstones in the churchyard are all old

and some still readable

others stand close together

Above a tomb of a notable person near the path. At the East end a few more headstones

Two family members buried beside each other

The headstone of James Butler who died in 1880

I will leave you with this view of the church from the roadside with the finger post pointing to was to the nearby villages

Till Next time I wish you a pleasant weekend 

Please remember in your thoughts and prayers those who have died and the people who have had their lives disrupted in the terrible fire that devastated the region of Paradise in Califoria