A quiet place off the road not far from Yarmouth, Thorley has two churches. In the new one is the ancient font of the old one, 700 years old, resting on a squat pillar and having a curious base with carved corners and a little arch below.

Close to an old farm is all that remains of the old church, a porch and a buttressed belfry. From the road we see, over the farm buildings, a cross above an ivy-clad gable. It is roofed with tiles and looks like a small barn, but still has its charming 13th century doorway, with a beautiful image niche inside. On the floor is the grave of Thomas Urry, who died on Christmas Day in 1631. He has a heraldic brass and these lines:

His aged years {almost) were twelve times seven,
He's called to keep his Christmas now in Heaven.
Near the door is an ancient stone coffin with a place for the
sleeper's head, showing how long this church had been a place of
prayer before it was put on one side and left

Text courtesy of: Southern Life (UK)