Background
Godfrey Thring was born at Alford, Somerset, the son of the rector, Review John Gale Dalton Thring and Sarah née Jenkyns.
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Godfrey Thring
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He was educated at Shrewsbury School and graduated in 1845 from Balliol College, Oxford with a Bachelor.
Career
The family is commemorated in Alford Church by carved choir seats in the chancel and two memorial windows. In 1858 his father united the benefices of Alford and Hornblotton by an Acting of Parliament styled the "Thrings Estate Bill" and Godfrey became his father"s curate. He built Hornblotton Rectory for Godfrey in 1867.
Jackson created for him a remarkable little church, rich in the Arts and Crafts style and strikingly decorated in sgraffito work.
Thring died in 1903 and was buried in Shamley Green, Surrey, England. Curate of Stratfield-Turgis 1846-1850
Curate of Strathfieldsaye 1850-1853
Unknown parishes 1853-1858
Rector of Alford with Hornblotton, Somerset 1867-1876
Prebendary of East Harptree, Wells Cathedral 1867 (Contemporaries include Ken and Edward Hayes Plumptre)
The town of Lovington, Somerset"s history gives us a glimpse into the character of Thring:
But for the generosity of the Thring family a century ago the school would have gone short of books and materials for needlework and other necessities.
The Rev Godfrey Thring worked constantly for the good of the children. He presented the school with a harmonium on which he could play his compositions and get the children to sing the hymns that he wrote.
