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The name Tangley is Anglo-Saxon and the
earliest reference was in 1174 where it was called Tangelea meaning a
wood or clearing (leah) on a tongue of land. The parish includes
Hatherdean, Wildhern and Tangley village and not far away is the
Winchester to Cirencester Roman Road.
But Tangley has something that no other
village is the country has and that is a font which is unique. Saxon,
Norman and Tudor fonts are all over the county but here is one that is
made of lead, it is of a moderate size and has Tudor roses, thistles,
crowned sceptres and fleur-de-lys around it sides and it is one of only
38 fonts that are made of lead in the whole country and this particular
one is 350 years old.
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like large boulders scatter around the churchyard, but in fact
these are Sarsen stones and they can be found strewn across
Salisbury Plain and were used in the building of Stonehenge, but
nobody knows how they came to be here in Tangley. |
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To the loving and honoured memory of HENRY MERCERON
and SUSANNAH MERCERON - My Father and Mother - for whom
I thank God - This tablet is placed by Francis Henry Merceron
Tangley 1934 |
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The Church of St
Thomas of Canterbury |
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To the Glory
of god
and in memory of
Revd. Charles Henry Everett
Born June 23rd 1834
Died Jan 15th 1896
He was for 38 years
Rector of this Parish
and Rebuilt this church
in 1875
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To the Honour of Almighty God
in memory of
The reverend William Lance MA
56 years Rector of this Parish
Who departed this life January 21st 1848
Aged 86 years |
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To the Glory of god
and in ever loving memory
of
Henry Merceron
Lord of the manor of Tangley
Born 1838 Died 1905
and of Susannah his wife
Born 1842 died 1889
This table is placed by their daughters who
Thank God upon every Remembrance. |
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The war memorial to
those in the parish who died in WW1
Pte H. W. Cool Hants
Regt
Pte W. Cummins Hants Regt
Capt C. G. Lyall Lincolnshire Regt
Chief Stoker J. T. Mitchell HMS Queen Mary
Pte Edwin White Hants
Pte Harry Marlow Hants
2lt Arthur Clapton Royal Fusiliers
Pte Arthur Taylor Hants
Bde Gideon Bull R Grn Arty
LSgt Herbert Richardson Ox and Bucks Light Infantry
Lcpl John Kite Hants
Sgt Allen Horne Somerset Light Infantry
Pte Ernest Hoare Hants
Spr Ernest Wiltshire Royal Engineers
Pte Charles Smith Hants
Pte Walter Canning Hants
Pte Alfred Harding Hants |
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