Churches

The Chapelry - Throckmorton

Church Profile:

Throckmorton unlike the other six in the Flyfords Family is not dedicated to a saint but classed as a chapelry. The church dates from the 13th Century, although there have been excavations showing foundations of an earlier stone church and there may have been an even earlier wooden building. The construction of the present is unusual with a central tower but no crossing. Mains electricity is no permanently connected and lighting is by oil lamps and candles. There is a pipe organ run from a temporary supply when necessary. For further information please contact Betty lane on 01386 462472

A Chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England, and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th Century.

It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel which acted as a subsidiary place of worship to the main Parish Church.[2] Such chapelries were common in northern England where the Parishes had been established in medieval times when the area was sparsely populated, thus obliging parishioners to travel long distances to the parish church.

A chapelry also had a role in civil government, being a subdivision of a parish which was used as a basis for the Poor Law until the establishment of Poor Law Unions in the 19th century.

Village Profile:

The villages of Throckmorton and Tilesford have a population of approximately 200 people. These two villages are split by Pershore Airfield, which is no longer operational for aircraft. There are no shops etc however there has been a recent reconstruction of a small Parish Room with toilet and kitchen facilities in close proximity to the church. At Tilesford there is a Residential Care Home with a central building with accommodation an also private bungalows.