Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More, Marlborough

It was recorded that there were two Papists in the parish in 1585. Two recusants lived in St Mary's parish in 1706 and 1780.  The Hermitage in Hyde Lane was occupied by the Hyde family, who had Benedictine Chaplains and used the house as a local centre for mass from c. 1740 to c. 1794. In 1937 the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (Fransalians) opened a chapel in Elcot Lane with Father Anthonioz as the first resident priest. They ceased to use this in 1947 and erected a Nissen hut on the site of the old George Inn. Father Anthonioz died in 1954 and was suceeded by Father Besant who was responsible for the building of the new church of St. Thomas More, on the same site, which was opened in 1959.