Description

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TQ 3990
11/1
TQ 4090
12/1

HIGH ROAD E18
Church of St Mary

(Formerly listed as Church of St Mary the Virgin)

20.12.54

GV
II
West tower of brick, with angle features, said to be early C18. Body of church early C19. Said by Thorne to date from 1817, chancel late C19.

The interior of the church was destroyed by fire on 9th February 1969 and has been reconstructed in a plain modern style. The east front (facing the High Road) has also been rebuilt in modern style to form the entrance. Monuments of interest include those to David Bosanquet 1741, Charlotte Lee 1720 and Charles Foulis signed J Bacon, London 1783.

The churchyard contains an outstanding collection of late C18 and early C19 memorial Art particularly strong in Portland and Coade stone neo-classical table tombs, as well as very good headstones.

Listing NGR: TQ4001990719

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary's Church, Woodford at Wikipedia
• St Mary's Church, Woodford official website
• Wikidata Q26356129

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014