Upchurch

Title

Upchurch

Dates

Founded 12th c.?; divested 14th c.

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Charlton

Medieval Diocese

Canterbury

History

A parish church administered by the Premonstratensian priory of Charlton. The Premonstratensians divested it in 1381. The current church dates to the 14th century, and was restored ca. 1875.

Heads of Community

Rectors

Hugh, fl. 1290s
William Bense, fl. 1311
Peter Hugonis, fl. 1330s
Richard of L’Île-Dieu, fl. 1370
Richard Beton (or Becon), ca. 1371-ca. 1379

Status

Parish church

Bibliography

Denne, S. “Mr. Denne’s Observations on a Triple Stone Seat at Upchurch in Kent. In a Letter to Mr. Gough.” Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity 12 (1796): 101–6. https://books.google.com/books?id=rMFeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA101.

Robertson, Scott. “Medieval Wall Painting at Upchurch.” Archaeologia Cantiana 11 (1877): 42–44. https://kentarchaeology.org.uk/node/9624.

Woodruff, Cumberland H. “Thirteenth Century Wall-Painting at Upchurch.” Archaeologia Cantiana 25 (1902): 88–96. https://kentarchaeology.org.uk/node/10132.

Image Credit

St Mary the Virgin Church, Upchurch, 2005. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Southern Normandy

Citation

“Upchurch,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/773.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Charlton