Church of St Mary the Virgin

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Oct 21st, 2021

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin on Church Lane is a Grade I listed church, dating from the 14th century with 19th century additions. The Bible scholarJohn Wycliffeis reported to have been an early vicar. In the chancel is a table tomb with brasses commemorating Anne wife of Michael (Mihill) English, Sheriff of London, who died in 1565, aged ninetyfive; Anne (English), wife of John Gyfford, and her daughter Anne Neele. There are mural monuments to the Spiers family. There is a ring of five bells: the treble is without date or inscription, but is perhaps by Richard Keene; the second is by Messrs. Taylor, 1892, and replaces a bell by Richard Keene, 1658; the third is by Thomas Lester of London, 1745; the fourth by Richard Keene, 1658; and the tenor, by Messrs. Taylor, 1892, replaces a bell by Richard Keene, 1662. The plate, consisting of a chalice and two patens, was presented in 1853. The registers begin in 1538.
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