Commemorative plaque 52113
Overview
Commemorative plaque 52113 is recorded as Blue plaque in England Horsham. This blue commemorative plaque records: THAKEHAM Domesday church and an attempted murder This is the heart of an ancient parish, the church was listed in the Domesday survey of 1086, when herds of over 400 pigs were pastured nearby, and a retired soldier worked his land with a yoke of oxen. In 1257, near Champions Farm opposite the Abingworth Hall Hotel on the Storrington Road, the rector was brutally attacked and nearly killed by a group of men led by the rector of neighbouring West Chiltington, probably as the result of a disagreement over the church tax known as tithes.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: THAKEHAM Domesday church and an attempted murder This is the heart of an ancient parish, the church was listed in the Domesday survey of 1086, when herds of over 400 pigs were pastured nearby, and a retired soldier worked his land with a yoke of oxen.
People and events
The saved account records: In 1257, near Champions Farm opposite the Abingworth Hall Hotel on the Storrington Road, the rector was brutally attacked and nearly killed by a group of men led by the rector of neighbouring West Chiltington, probably as the result of a disagreement over the church tax known as tithes.
How it worked
The saved account records: In the 1600s, Champions was owned by the Shelley family, ancestors of the Warnham-born poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
What remains
The saved account records: The church contains an impressive series of 16th century memorials to some of the Apsley family who lived at Thakeham Place, just to the south, and one to James Butler of Amberley Castle.
Why it mattered
Commemorative plaque 52113 matters because a real conflict, loss or destructive event is tied to this exact place. The source records: In 1257, near Champions Farm opposite the Abingworth Hall Hotel on the Storrington Road, the rector was brutally attacked and nearly killed by a group of men led by the rector of neighbouring West Chiltington, probably as the result of a disagreement over the church tax known as tithes. It shows how a wider struggle reached the local landscape and the people using it.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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