St Thomas More, Seaford

The Church

Memorial Inscriptions

Interior Memorials
Despite the somewhat irregular appearance of St Thomas More from the outside, necessitated by the growth of its Seaford congregation since 1900 of just six, the interior is impressive and its purpose as a place of worship - or simply a quiet refuge from the ever-rumbling traffic on the A259 outside - is immediately clear. Being relatively small and modern, it is not lofty and nor does it have the sometimes sombre atmosphere given by dark, ancient stained glass windows. Yet its breadth, apparent spaciousness and mostly plain windows, give it a light, welcoming ambience. The decorated windows it does possess are varied in style, but purposeful.

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Guinane	Cann	Cooke	Darby

Pray for the soul of Fr. WILLIAM GUINANE Parish Priest 1961-1980. Died 1st August 1982. May he rest in peace. [ Memorial stone below a North window. The Reverend Guinane is buried in Seaford Cemetery ]	Dedicated to the memory of THOMAS MARTYN CANN M.R.C.S. aged 66 years; & of his son THOMAS PONSFORD CANN M.D. aged 31 years. [ Lower right pane of an East window (above, left) transferred from Christ Church, Newhaven in 1969. Both died 1906 ]	Dedicated to the memory of SARAH COOKE who died October 24th 1919. [ Lower right pane of a West window (above, right) transferred from Christ Church, Newhaven in 1969. Aged 71 ]	In Loving Memory SIMON EDWARD DARBY 1964 - 1989 R.I.P. [ Needlecraft, below a larger work ]

Hill-Whitson
In memory of KATHLEEN MARY JOSEPHINE HILL-WHITSON who died March 25th 1966 [ On a North window sill ]

Church Building & Dedication (1935) and Consecration (1996)
	DOM In honorem Sancti Thomae More primarium hunc lapi dem ecclesiae apud Seaford Illmus ac Revmus Gulielmus Episcopus pellensis die XIIo Junii MCMXXXV rite posuit . L.D.S
		'To The One True God' This Church Was Consecrated On 22ND June 1996 By Rt. Rev Cormac Murphy O'Connor Bishop Of Arundel And Brighton.

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