Tingrith Church

Church of St. Nicholas, February 2016

The Church of St Nicholas is the parish church of Tingrith located at the end of Church Road in the north of the village. 

The present church was built on the site of a 12th century building in the latter half of the 15th century. Some restoration work has taken place over the years with major works in the 19th century and again in 1997. The church is primarily of ironstone. It is a complete building in the perpendicular style. Like the church at Shillington it has angle turrets at the east end of the chancel. The medieval plate and ornaments are listed in the 1552 inventory which also states "the said churche chauncell and steple coveryd with ledde."  Apart from the screen under the tower (dismantled in 1900), the bells and their 15th century frame few early fittings survive. There are three bells: the treble by Christopher Graye, 1660; the second by John Dier, c. 1590; and the third by John Daniell, c. 1450, inscribed 'Sancta Margareta ora pro nobis.'

The plate consists of a cup and paten of 1771, a modern almsdish and a plated flagon. The register books date from 1572 to 1812.