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St. Lawrence, Broughton, Buckinghamshire

Description

The parish church of St. Lawrence is a small building of stone, chiefly in the Early Decorated style, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 4 bells: upon the walls are late 14th and 15th century paintings of the Last Judgment, the Dismemberment of Christ, St. George and the Dragon and two figures, St. Eloy and Queen Helena: at the north-east angle of the nave is a good staircase turret: in the chancel are two memorial windows, the east window being in memory of Rev. John William Irving, curate and rector of Broughton for 50 years, and within the communion rails are three brasses to Agnes, wife of John de Broughton, son of Robert de Broughton, 1399; to John de Broughton, son of Robert de Broughton, 1403, and to Mary (Edmonds), wife of Thomas Duncombe esq. 1655, with four sons and three daughters; there are also memorials to the family of Chester: on the north side is a stained window to W. Ridgway: on the south side a modern window to the memory of Mrs. Irving, the wife of Rev. John Wm. Irving M.A. rector 1854-93: in the church, attached to two old desks, are chained copies of Jewel's Defence of the Apology of the Church of England, 1567. and Erasmus's Paraphrase of the New Testament, placed here in 1632; there is a brass tablet in memory of the men connected with the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18: the church was thoroughly restored in 1880-1, at a cost of £1,225, and affords 112 sittings. In the churchyard is an ancient coped stone coffin-lid.

Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Broughton 1720-1837, Buckinghamshire is available to browse online.

The parish register dates from the year 1720

St. Lawrence
Broughton
Buckinghamshire

Denomination:Church of England
Diocese:Oxford
Sittings:112
Graveyard:Yes