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St Michael

Thornton

Buckinghamshire

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C14, N. aisle rebuilt and church restored 1850. Nave, aisles, W. tower; chancel demolished 1780 when interior of church refurnished

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W. tower of three stages with diagonal buttresses to lower stage, small cusped lancets to second stage and 2-light traceried openings to bell-chamber; battlemented parapet, gargoyles, wrought iron weather vane in form of key

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C14 chancel arch incorporated in E. wall

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Fittings of c.1780 include box pews in aisles and double-decker pulpit in E. bay of N. aisle

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Some C19 glass

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Monuments: recumbent alabaster effigies to John Barton and wife, mid C15. flanking entry to nave

Re-assembled monument in centre of nave to Robert Ingylton and three wives 1472: re-assembled stone tomb chest with ogee niches and figures; fine brass of frour figures and 16 children under elaborate canopy of four ogee arches with crockets and finials

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Brass to Jane Ingleton 1557 in E. bay of nave