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Church of St Mary

A Grade II* Listed Building in Warkworth, West Northamptonshire

  • St Mary: west tower, now largely Victorian but in essence a Decorated structure

  • St Mary: original Decorated work of the south aisle

  • St Mary: rebuilt chancel of 1840 to 1869

  • St Mary: nave with Decorated south arcade with capitals of carved heads; c14 triple chamfered chancel arch half octagonal responds

  • St Mary: effigy in the recess of north wall; Sir John de Lyons, 1312

  • St Mary: effigy in the recess of north wall; Lady Margaret de Lyons, 1312

  • St Mary: lime effigy of Sir John de Lyons, c.1350

  • St Mary: shield from the effigy of Sir John de Lyons, c.1350

  • St Mary: male mourner & shields in ogee panels with crocketed tops at side of Lyons tomb, c.1350

  • St Mary: female mourner & shields in ogee panels with crocketed tops at side of Lyons tomb, c.1350

  • St Mary: Sir John Chetwode, 1412, Lord of Warkworth; demi figure pieced together in restoration of 1841

  • St Mary: John Chetwode, 1420; inscription in Latin & French

  • St Mary: Margaret Browning, 1420; sister of John Chetwode

  • St Mary: Anabelle, wife of John Chetwode, 1430; later married to Sir Thomas Strange

  • St Mary: William Ludsthorp, d.1454, engraved 1460; Yorkist brass, collar of mail

  • Church of St Mary

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 4 February 1969

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1226297

English Heritage Legacy ID: 423521

ID on this website: 101226297

Location: St Mary's Church, Overthorpe, West Northamptonshire, OX17

County: West Northamptonshire

Civil Parish: Warkworth

Traditional County: Northamptonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire

Church of England Parish: Warkworth St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Peterborough

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