Thaxted Parish Church
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The Church of Saint John the Baptist with Our Lady and Saint Laurence is the parish church of the town of Thaxted in Essex, England. The present church was built over an extended period between c. 138
Thaxted Church, with its spire and south porch, viewed from the top of Stony Lane
Thaxted Church, commanding the town with its Guildhall
Thaxted Church, nave looking east
Carved fifteenth century wooden font case and cover, Thaxted Parish Church, Essex
"This Have I Done for My True Love", or "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", Op. 34, no. 1, is a motet or part song composed in 1916 by Gustav Holst. The words are taken from an ancient carol, and the
Thaxted Parish Church
…carries the inscription: 'I ring for the general dance' - a paraphrasing of a line from the carol, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, that Gustav Holst set to music for the Thaxted Church Choir. The new bells were dedicated by the Bishop of Colchester at a service of thanksgiving on 26 March 1949. The church was…
Gustav Holst, circa 1921