Historic churches · West Midlands
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church — church in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
St Mary's Church is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1480. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.7091°, -1.7821°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Cotswold Water Park SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
St Mary the Virgin is a church located in the town of Pembroke in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. The church is in the Diocese of St Davids within the Church in Wales, and members of the Anglican Communion. Since 2004, it has been a part of the Monkton Rectorial Benefice.
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Background
Architecture
Tame rebuilt the church purposely to install his stained glass, and thus the design is "necessarily somewhat cramped". The church was consecrated in 1497 by the Bishop of Worcester, within whose diocese lay most of Gloucestershire at that time. It consists of a chancel, nave, a tower between them, and two aisles, which extend without any external break to about half the length of the chancel. According to Neale "This arrangement, necessary to secure the required number of windows, somewhat injures the effect of the exterior, and makes the distinction between chancel and nave less marked than might have been wished". The entire length is 125 feet, and the breadth is 55 feet. The fittings of…
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- Coordinates
- 51.7091, -1.7821
- County
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Cotswold
- Parish
- Fairford
- Postcode
- GL7 4AF
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Cotswolds
- Established
- 1480
Sources
- wikidata: Q17525521 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Mary's Church, Fairford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: October plenty.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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3 Morean (possibly Morgan) Monuments Immediately Adjoining South East Corner Of Church In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary
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Price Monument, About 4 1/2 Metres South West Of South Porch In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary
Price Monument, About 4 1/2 Metres South West Of South Porch In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Nine Monuments Including Russell And Four To Luckman, In Line About 9 Metres Long Immediatelly East Of Bedwell Monument In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in
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Unidentified Monument, About 3 Metres East Of Strong Monument In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary
Unidentified Monument, About 3 Metres East Of Strong Monument In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary — Grade II* listed building-listed memorial in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Five Monuments, About 6 Metres South East Of Whitford Monument In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary
Five Monuments, About 6 Metres South East Of Whitford Monument In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Fifteen Monuments Including Kingdon, About 13 To 23 Metres South Of First Aisle Buttress From East In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary
Fifteen Monuments Including Kingdon, About 13 To 23 Metres South Of First Aisle Buttress From East In Churchyard Of Church Of St Mary — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in england-west-midland
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Mary's Church?
- St Mary's Church is in Gloucestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode GL7 4AF), in the parish of Fairford.
- When was St Mary's Church built?
- Built or established in 1480.
- Is St Mary's Church a listed building?
- St Mary's Church is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is St Mary's Church a protected site?
- Yes — St Mary's Church is part of the Cotswold Water Park SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- Is St Mary's Church free to visit?
- Yes, St Mary's Church is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Mary's Church?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GL7 4AF. It sits within the South Cotswolds parliamentary constituency.