Church of St Chad, Bishop's Tachbrook
The Parish Church of St. Chad which was originally built during the Medieval period. It is situated in Bishop's Tachbrook.
1 Chancel with N vestry, nave, N and S aisles, S porch, and W tower. The building is of mid C12 origin, as indicated by the angles of the nave, blocked windows in N wall of chancel, and a reset doorway in N aisle. The N aisle and W tower were added in C14, followed by the S aisle in the C15 and then the clearstory. There appears to have been a good deal of alteration in C18 and C19 alterations also occured. A priest is mentioned for the manor of Tachbrook in 1086.
2 Pevsner entry.
4 Listed Building List description.
5 An evaluation just to the north-west of the church revealed a number of burials with 13th century pottery, however it was not clear if at the time this was part of the curch graveyard area or in the adjacent lane.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
In some villages, including Bishops Tachbrook, the church bell was rung at 6.00 am on St Thomas’s Day (21st December) as a signal for “Thomasing” to start. This was when people went round collecting donations for the less well off.
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