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History

Church timeline: c.1080 - 1850

Sketch of Leigh memorial
Church timeline: 1850 - present day
c.1080Church building began
c.1140 Trio of windows inserted behind altar, (original top window later bricked up)
First tower built
Major repairs to church and south aisle built
'Low side window' built below original lancet window on south side of chancel
1540Hatteclyffe brass
1543Leigh brass
1612Leigh memorial
1773Major repairs to church by Barlow Trecothick
1775Memorial to Barlow Trecothick ('Addington Pickle Jar')
1808Purchase of the Manor of Addington for the Archbishops of Canterbury (including Addington Palace)
1828Death of Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton (buried in a vault under the vestry)
1837Gallery (for choir and organist) built across west end of nave
1843Major repairs and present porch built - architect Edward Blore
1848Death of Archbishop William Howley (buried in the chancel)
Church timeline: 1850 - present day