A view showing the wall monument to Thomas Hughes and a large wooden chest with iron strapwork, in the north transept of St Mary's Church

Date:
1937
Location:
St Mary's Church, Uffington, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire
Reference:
OP30009
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Thomas Hughes, author, MP and judge was born in Uffington in 1822. He is best known for his novel ‘Tom Brown’s School Days’, published in 1857, but was also elected to parliament in the 1860s and 1870s, first for Lambeth and then Frome. Additionally he became Queen’s Counsel in 1869 and was appointed to a county court judgeship in 1882.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.

The photograph was accessioned by the National Buildings Record on 21st March 1962.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/34 Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Wight, Marjory L

Keywords

Parish Church, Victorian Commemorative Monument