Building record MLI50732 - St Alkmund's Church, Blyborough

Summary

A church which retains evidence of 13th century architecture.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1921 AD to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

A well restored church which was almost rebuilt in 1877 although it retains Early English features. In 1964 the church was in normal use. {1}{2} A church at Blyborough is mentioned in Domesday Nook, held jointly by the Bishop of Durham, Gocelin (son of Lanbert), and Geoffrey de Wirce. {3} Paul Everson suggests that the unusual dedication may owe its origin to the Mercian connexion of Geoffrey de Wirce. By the later 18th century, due to the post medieval population slump, the church was repeatedly presented as out of repair and in the 1770s the tower was rebuilt and the north aisle and part of the chancel were removed. {4} A very thin and not high, 18th century, tower is present which re-uses medieval gargoyles. The rest is by James Fowler, dated 1877 to 1878. Inside the church, much more is preserved of the ancient building, including a tall Early English three-bay north arcade with circular piers, keeled responds, stiff-leaf capitals, and double-chamfered arches. The chancel arch has keeled responds too. The arch to the north chapel is a little later. There is nailhead decoration in the abaci of the filleted responds and bold ogee-arched tomb-recesses between the chancel and north chapel and in the north wall of the north chapel. In the north chapel is a font of octagonal fragments reassembled from a Perpendicular font. The foot has leaf motifs. Also in the north chapel is an Anglo-Saxon sculptural fragment (PRN 50733). There is a badly repainted hatchment of Peter Luard (died 1830); and in the north chapel a memorial effigy of a priest, Robert Conyng (died 1434) which looks earlier. {5} For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {6} Within the church there is a marble tablet that was unveiled inside the church in 1921 in order to list those who had fallen in the First World War along with a similar tablet to commemorate four members of the Luard family who also died. The free standing war memorial that relates to these tablets stands in the churchyard (PRN 56650). {7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. BLYBOROUGH. SK 99 SW:18,1964, FEATHERSTONE K J A.
  •  Index: SMR FILE Blyborough. BLYBOROUGH. SK 99 SW:AL,1983, DES.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. pp.30, 191; (3/4, 63/1).
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p150.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/1.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Michael Credland. 2014. The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire. p.52.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 9339 9455 (24m by 15m)
Civil Parish BLYBOROUGH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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