Church of St Mary

St Mary: Decorated church extensively restored in 1867
St Mary: from the south-east; Victorian south porch & mostly renewed windows
St Mary: c15 three-stage west tower with diagonal buttresses & embattled parapet
St Mary: from the east; modern east window of of three cinqefoiled lights
St Mary: c14 nave with c19 clerestory; chancel is Victorian rebuild; arcades with octagonal piers
St Mary: John Fortescue of Salden, 1607 & second wife Alice (Smith) over tomb chest of first wife Cecily (d.1570) with cusped panels; shield of Fortescue impaling Ashfield
St Mary: inscription from John Fortescue of Salden monument, 1607; privy councillor to Elizabeth I
St Mary: inscription from John Fortescue of Salden monument, 1607; reference to Chancellor of the Exchequer & of Duchy of Lancaster
St Mary: Cecily (Ashfield), first wife of John Fortescue of Salden, 1570
St Mary: Latin inscription to Cecily (Ashfield), first wife of John Fortescue of Salden, 1570, stating her virtues & names of her children
St Mary: section of edge inscription to Cecily (Ashfield), first wife of John Fortescue of Salden, 1570
St Mary: Francis Fortescue d.1623, son of John, & wife Grace Manners of Haddon Hall
St Mary: Grace (nee Manners), Fortescue
St Mary: six sons & four daughters from the Fortescue-Manners monument (two of each holding skulls)