Herefordshire Past » goodrich-churches https://herefordshirepast.co.uk Everything you wanted to know about Herefordshire's Past Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:06:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 St. Giles Church – Goodrich https://herefordshirepast.co.uk/churches/st-giles-church-4/ https://herefordshirepast.co.uk/churches/st-giles-church-4/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:57:56 +0000 http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/?p=961 During the Civil War, the vicar of this church was Thomas Swift, (1595-1658) a true Royalist, who was the Grandfather of the author of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathon Swift. Thomas managed to secrete many of the church valuables and kept them safe from the Roundheads.

 

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