Historic churches · South East England
St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe
St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe is a historic church in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Bath Spa · 0.8 km
About
St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1401. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Coordinates: 51.3734°, -2.3466°.
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Heritage listing
St Thomas à Becket Church is a parish church of Widcombe in Bath, Somerset southwest England, and is one of a number of churches named after Thomas Becket. It is a Grade II* listed building.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
St Thomas à Becket Church is a parish church of Widcombe in Bath, Somerset southwest England, and is one of a number of churches named after Thomas Becket. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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Background
History
The church was built between 1490 and 1498 by John Cantlow, Prior of Bath Abbey and took the place of an older Norman church. However, there was a common tradition that a weaver was the founder of the church, and an escutcheon bearing a weaver's shuttle can be seen on the outside of one of the north battlements of the tower. It is believed that there was originally a Saxon chapel on the site. The church was commonly called Old Widcombe Church and used to be the principal church of the parishes of Widcombe and Lyncombe. The Domesday survey of 1086 shows a small settlement around the church although no trace of it remains. In 1847 a much larger church, St Matthews, was built in Widcombe…
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- Coordinates
- 51.3734, -2.3466
- District
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Parish
- Bath and North East Somerset, unparished area
- Postcode
- BA2 6BA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bath
- Established
- 1401
- Nearest railway station
- Bath Spa — 0.8 km
- Official site
- widcombe.church
Sources
- wikidata: Q7595587 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Thomas a Becket Church, Widcombe (geograph 978274).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe?
- St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA2 6BA), in the parish of Bath and North East Somerset, unparished area.
- When was St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe built?
- Built or established in 1401.
- Is St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe a listed building?
- St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe a protected site?
- Yes — St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe is part of the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe?
- The nearest railway station is Bath Spa, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BA2 6BA.