Suffolk, England

I have been to and through Theberton many times and also have visited this lovely Church of St Peter, one such visit on the 27th February 1999 I made these notes together with the notes from the church booklet

• A list of Rectors commences with Richard de Dodyngtone 1305
• A Church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086
• In 1300 the Chancel was extended eastwards
• The round tower is dated previous to above with an octagonal top
• There is a thatched roof
• Scratch Dial on a buttress
• The porch was erected c1470
• Within the porch is the story and history of Airship Zeppelin L48 which was shot down nearby in WWI
• The South Door is over 500 years of age
• 15c Font
• 13c Coffin Lid & Ledger Slabs in the Chancel
• Monument to Victoria Cross holder Lt Col Doughty-Wylie
• Six bells in the tower, the oldest is dd 1590
• The Registers date from 1548
• 12c Norman zig-zag doorway
• Thebarton in South Australia is named after Theberton, Suffolk after its founder Col. William Light who fought with Wellington in the Peninsular War