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Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene

A Grade I Listed Building in Cobham, Kent

  • St Mary Magdalene: collegiate church; extended c.1370 by Sir John de Cobham; c.1220 chancel; aisle windows & clerestory, c.1370

  • St Mary Magdalene: Kentish west tower, c.1370

  • St Mary Magdalene: nave & aisles date mostly from the late c13

  • St Mary Magdalene: south arcade & wide chancel, c.1220; chancel arch is of 1860 rebuild

  • St Mary Magdalene: chancel looking west into nave

  • St Mary Magdalene: c13 font, octagonal bowl on Norman centre shaft

  • St Mary Magdalene: late c14 canopied sedilia & the original double piscina of c.1220 with dogtooth decoration

  • St Mary Magdalene: elaborate c.1370 piscina given to signify collegiate status

  • St Mary Magdalene: Sir George Brooke, ninth Lord Cobham, & Anne Bray, 1561; ionic columns, shell headed recesses

  • St Mary Magdalene: Sir George Brooke, ninth Lord Cobham, d.1558; sat at trial of Anne Boleyn

  • St Mary Magdalene: Anne Bray (d.1558), wife of Sir George Brooke, ninth Lord Cobham, 1561

  • St Mary Magdalene: Jone de Kobeham, c.1320

  • St Mary Magdalene: Jone de Kobeham, c.1320; wimple & covrechef

  • St Mary Magdalene: Sir John de Cobham, 3rd Baron, eng. 1367, d.1408

  • St Mary Magdalene: Margaret de Cobham, d.1375

  • St Mary Magdalene: Maud de Cobham, 1380

  • St Mary Magdalene: Margaret de Cobham, 1395

  • St Mary Magdalene: Reginald Braybrook, d.1405

  • St Mary Magdalene: Joan de Cobham, 1433

  • Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, The Street, Cobham

  • Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, The Street, Cobham

  • Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, The Street, Cobham

  • Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, The Street, Cobham

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene

Listing Date: 21 November 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1350259

English Heritage Legacy ID: 356744

ID on this website: 101350259

Location: St Mary Magdalene's Church, Cobham, Gravesham, Kent, DA12

County: Kent

District: Gravesham

Civil Parish: Cobham

Built-Up Area: Cobham

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Cobham St Mary Magdalene

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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