Hagbourne
Hagbourne is an ancient parish in the Moreton Hundred of Berkshire, comprising East Hagbourne and West Hagbourne. The parish is alternatively known as East Hagbourne, which is where the parish church is situated.
The nave of the Church of England parish church of St Andrew may have been built in the 12th century. The south aisle was added early in the 13th century. It is linked with the nave by a three-bay arcade. It was followed a few years later by the south chapel, which is alongside the chancel and linked to it by a two-bay arcade. The chancel arch was built in the middle of the 13th century. The north aisle, also of three bays, was added about 1340, followed by the Decorated Gothic north chapel, which is alongside the chancel and linked with it by a two-bay arcade.[1]
On the floor of the north chapel are monumental brasses commemorating Claricia Wyndesor – quare fieri fecit istam capellam (died 1403) and her husband John York fundator istius Ile (died 1404).[2] Nikolaus Pevsner takes this to mean that the north chapel was built early in the 15th century, which surprised him as its Decorated Gothic style had been succeeded by Perpendicular Gothic around 1350.[2] However, the south aisle and south chapel were rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style early in the 15th century so Page and Ditchfield conclude that the brasses of Clarice Windsor and John York were formerly in the south chapel and moved at a later date.[2]
The south chapel has a squint into the chancel.[1] The chapel was re-roofed in the 17th century.[2]
The arch supporting the west bell tower is 14th-century Decorated Gothic but the style of the rest of the tower is Perpendicular Gothic.[1][2] A Perpendicular Gothic clerestory was added to the nave in the 15th century. The east window of the chancel is also Perpendicular, from late in the 15th century.[1] St Andrew's is a Grade-I listed building.
The tower has a ring of eight bells.[1] Joseph Carter of Reading cast the third bell in 1602. Ellis I Knight of Reading cast the fifth and sixth bells in 1641, and Henry II Knight cast the fourth in 1670. Thomas Lester of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the seventh bell in 1751. Robert I Wells of Aldbourne, Wiltshire cast the treble bell in 1770, and his son Robert II Wells of Aldbourne cast the tenor in 1781. Mears and Stainbank at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the second bell in 1910. St Andrew's has also a Sanctus bell, cast by an unknown founder in about 1699.[3]
St Andrew's parish is part of the Benefice of the Churn.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Page & Ditchfield 1923, pp. 475–484
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pevsner 1966, p. 132.
- ↑ Smith, Martin; Davies, Peter (14 July 2014). "East Hagbourne S Andrew". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?DoveID=EAST+HAGBO. Retrieved 24 November 2006.
- ↑ Archbishops' Council. "Benefice of The Churn". A Church Near You. Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=27/119CX. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
Outside links
- Location map: 51°35’38"N, 1°15’4"W
