St Helena's Church, Willoughby

The church in 2009

St Helena's Church, sometimes known as St Helen's Church, is an Anglican church in the village of Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England. ^{[1] [2]} It is grade I listed, and dates in part from the 14th century. ^[3]

John Smith's arms in one of the windows

Windows in the church commemorate John Smith, one of the founders of Jamestown in Virginia, United States, who was christened here. ^[4] Nicholas Antram, in his revised Lincolnshire volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, notes the building's scale and its "early" Perpendicular Gothic style. ^[5]

There are two graves in the churchyard in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. ^[6]

St Helena's is an active place of worship, within "The Alford Group of Churches". ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "Willoughby St Helena". www.nationalchurchestrust.org. National Churches Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
2. "Willoughby: St Helen - CHR Church". facultyonline.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
3. Historic England. "Church of St Helen (1063629)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 17 February 2025.
4. "Willoughby, Lincolnshire, Captain John Smith's Birthplace". Britain Express. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
5. Pevsner, Harris & Antram 2002, pp. 799–800.
6. "Willoughby (St. Helen) Churchyard". CWGC. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
7. "St. Helena's Church, Willoughby". The Alford Group of Churches. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
8. "St Helena". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

Sources

• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; Antram, Nicholas (2002). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   0-300-09620-8.

External links

• Official website

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