St.Thomas the Martyr . . Winchelsea

St.Thomas the Martyr . . Winchelsea . . east Sussex

Named in honour of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered in his own Cathedral in 1170, the first recorded mention of St Thomas the Martyr Church was in Old Winchelsea in 1215. After Old Winchelsea had been washed away, work started, in 1288, to erect a new St Thomas the Martyr Church on its present site. The stone came from Caen in Normandy, the timber rafters were made of Sussex oak and the marble came from the west of Sussex.

Photography © Jeremy Sage