NHER 2376 (Building record) - St Margaret's Church, Tatterford

Rebuilt 1862 (by W. Lightley) - given no tower then but sockets left for one.
Bell 1768, old church had nave and chancel in one, with bell tower.
Pointed west door under two light round headed window. All other windows round-headed, two light except east, three-light. Two on north blocked up.
18th century memorial transferred to new church. Elizabethen silver chalice, paten 1736.
In yard 14th century bronze seal found, with suspension hole. Depicts pelican - 'MORS PELICAN PASSIO CHRISTI'.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).

Janaury 1984. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Church. 1862. W Lightley architect. Flint with stone dressings, slated roofs. Nave, chancel and south wall of unfinished north-west tower. High Victorian "Early Gorthic". West gable with arch filled with stone, battered at base, pierced by central cinquefoil and 7 roundels."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current details.
Amended by H. Hamilton (HES), 8 November 2019.

19 July 1996. NLA aerial photography.
S. Massey (NLA) 20 April 2001.

June 2010
EH and the HLF have awarded £136k for roof and wall repairs.
The only church built by the architect William Lightly. Put up in 1862/3 as a chapel of ease to All Saints'. it replaced a Norman building. Between 1925 and 1949 there was a pre-ordination school here run by the Rector. The church has a wonderful east window by Moira Forsyth installed in 1951.
D. Gurney (NLA), 10 June 2010.