Dudley St Thomas, Worcestershire
Burgums lived here, or nearby.
DUDLEY ST THOMAS, was established in the 12th century, it was dedicated to Thomas Becket who had been murder a few years before. The building was in poor condition and declared unsafe and so was rebuilt in 1816 at a cost of £12,600.
An Act of Parliment was passed stated - Whereas the parish church of St Thomas in the town of Dudley, in the County of Worcester, and the tower and chancel thereof, are very ancient and much decayed, and the said church is also too small for the inhabitants of the said parish, and it is therefore necessary that the same should be taken down and rebuilt.
It was described as a "handsome structure" in the Gothic style, with an elegant tall western tower and spire. In has a shallow chancel, a nave and aisles, with arcades and porches at the east end.
It was rededicated to St Thomas the Apostle, rather than Thomas of Canterbury. It is believed that the pulpit from old St Thomas Church, given by Richard Foley, Ironmaster, who had been a churchwarden 1633-4, was transferred to the new church in 1818.
The church was badly damaged by a bomb dropped during the Blitz in 1940.
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The list below shows the burial that took place at Dudley St Thomas, Worcestershire.
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| Matilda Burgum |
04 Apr 1841 |
Dudley St Thomas |
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Age 4m. |
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