Baroness Thatcher and her late husband Sir Denis look set to be remembered by a plaque at a church in an Oxfordshire village with which he had family connections.

Sir Denis, who died aged 88 in 2003, wrote a provision in his will that a memorial should be put up to the couple at St Mary's Church in Uffington after his wife's death.

The Rev Rosanna Martin, the vicar, said: "Provided the Oxford diocese agrees, I would expect somebody to design a plaque dedicated to the couple which would join the six other plaques to various Thatchers on the south porch of the church."

Sir Denis is reported to have requested the trustees of his £1.3m estate to erect a plaque.