St Helena's Church, Willoughby
St Helena's Church, sometimes known as St Helen's Church, is an Anglican church in the village of Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England.[1][2] It is grade I listed, and dates in part from the 14th century.[3]
Windows in the church commemorate John Smith, one of the founders of Jamestown in Virginia, United States, who was christened here.[4] Nicholas Antram, in his revised Lincolnshire volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, notes the building's scale and its "early" Perpendicular Gothic style.[5]
There are two graves in the churchyard in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[6]
St Helena's is an active place of worship, within "The Alford Group of Churches".[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Willoughby St Helena". www.nationalchurchestrust.org. National Churches Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Willoughby: St Helen - CHR Church". facultyonline.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Helen (1063629)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Willoughby, Lincolnshire, Captain John Smith's Birthplace". Britain Express. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Pevsner, Harris & Antram 2002, pp. 799–800.
- ^ "Willoughby (St. Helen) Churchyard". CWGC. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "St. Helena's Church, Willoughby". The Alford Group of Churches. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "St Helena". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
Sources
[edit]- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; Antram, Nicholas (2002). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8.
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