Church of St Mary the Virgin

St Mary: Hamstone & Beerstone church mostly c15 Perpendicular
St Mary: west tower rebuilt 1637; semi octagonal stair turret, north aisle & north porch
St Mary: view from the south; three-light windows with Perpendicular tracery
St Mary: nave, chancel & Ayshford chapel (to the left); Beer stone arcades, original wagon roofs
St Mary: early c16 rood screen; square-leaded lights, thin mullions, ogee headed doorway; modern upper parts
St Mary: tomb-chest to Nicholas Ayshford, d.1557, & two wives Margaret (Tregarthen of Brannel) & Isabel (Wadham of Knapp)
St Mary: monument to Roger Ayshford, d.1610, & wife Elizabeth (Michell)
St Mary: Roger Ayshford, d.1610; ruff & long cloak
St Mary: Elizabeth (Michell of Pericourte), wife of Roger Ayshford, d.1610; ruff & full skirt
St Mary: inscription from the monument to Roger Ayshford, d.1610
St Mary: shield & armorial bearings from the memorial to Roger Ayshford, d.1610
St Mary: memorial to Elizabeth (Wilmot), d.1635, first wife of Arthur Ayshford
St Mary: Arthur Ayshford from the monument to his first wife Elizabeth Wilmot, d.1635
St Mary: Elizabeth Wilmot, d.1635, first wife of Arthur Ayshford