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Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin

A Grade II Listed Building in Cardington, Bedford

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  • St Mary: sandstone church mostly rebuilt 1898-1901 for Samuel Whitbread, c12 tower

  • St Mary: view from the south-east; some work in chancel is medieval

  • St Mary: mostly Victorian nave looking to five-light east window

  • St Mary: Victorian north arcade

  • St Mary: nave looking west to Norman tower arch with re-tooled stonework

  • St Mary: two early c16 monuments in chancel with four-centred arches & doorways, vine trail friezes

  • St Mary: Wedgwood black basalt font of 1783 donated by Harriet Whitbread

  • St Mary: monument to William Gascoigne of Cardingham, d.1540

  • St Mary: William Gascoigne, d.1540, & two wives Elizabeth Winter & Elizabeth Pennington

  • St Mary: William Gascoigne, d.1540; arms of Gascoigne in first & fourth quarters

  • St Mary: Elizabeth Winter, first wife of William Gascoigne

  • St Mary: Elizabeth Pennington of Muncaster, d.1546, second wife of William Gascoigne

  • St Mary: monument appropriated for Jarrate Harvey, d.1638

  • St Mary: Jarrate Harvey, d.1638, standing on chequered floor with wife Dorothy Gascoigne & 11 children

  • St Mary: Jarrate Harvey, d.1638

  • St Mary: Dorothy (Gascoigne), wife of Jarrate Harvey d.1638

  • St Mary: inscription from the brass of Jarrate Harvey, d.1638

  • St Mary: inscription to Cecil Bussy, d.1632, & wife Elizabeth Harvey of Cardington

  • St Mary: shield from the memorial to Cecil Bussy, d.1632

  • St Mary: monument to Ive Whitbread, erected c.1750, with reference to other members of the family

  • St Mary: monument to Samuel Whitbread (senior), d.1796

  • St Mary: monument to Samuel Whitbread (junior) d.1815

  • St Mary: memorial to John Howard, d.1790; prison reformer

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin

Listing Date: 13 July 1964

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1114144

English Heritage Legacy ID: 36646

ID on this website: 101114144

Location: St Mary's Church, Cardington, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK44

County: Bedford

Civil Parish: Cardington

Built-Up Area: Cardington

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Cardington

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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