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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin

Ewelme, GB

St Mary's Ewelme is an exceptional church with a distinguished history. The present building has not changed greatly for almost 600 years, having been reordered in 1437. It is a rare opportunity to see a place of worship with strong echoes stretching back over 100 years before the Reformation. Many people come to see the tomb of Alice de la Pole, Geoffrey Chaucer's granddaughter.

St Mary the Virgin with St John

St Mary the Virgin with St John

Great Brington, GB

The church dates from around 1300 but it is the intervention of the Spencer family of nearby Althorp that transformed the medieval building. Sir John Spencer (d1522) rebuilt the chancel and commenced the funerary chapel that lies adjacent to it. Further intervention of both church and chapel was carried out by Edward Bloor in 1840s.

St Mary Undercroft

St Mary Undercroft

Westminster, GB

The Chapel of St Mary Undercroft was completed by King Edward I in 1297, further developed under Edward II, and finally completed by Edward III in around 1365.

St Mary with St Gabriel

St Mary with St Gabriel

Binbrook, GB

Two churches are recorded at Binbrook in Domesday, these most likely being the former churches of St Mary and St Gabriel. Just a few hundred yards from one another, this may have happened if there were two principal landowners and each built a church.

St Mary Woolnoth

St Mary Woolnoth

City of London, GB

On Easter Day 1727 St Mary Woolnoth of the nativity was reopened after it's rebuilding by Nicholas Hawksmoor. It is the only church he built in the City of London. The rebuilding had taken 12 years, paid for from the proceeds of the tax on sea borne coal.

St Mary's Cathedral

St Mary's Cathedral

Kilkenny, IE

St Mary's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Kilkenny. It was built from 1843 to 1857 and designed by the architect William Deane Butler (1794-1857). The cathedral has a cross plan, and its style is described as "early English Gothic". It was probably inspired by the English cathedral in Gloucester.

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