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Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Burford, Shropshire

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  • St Mary: Decorated & Perpendicular church noted for the work of Aston Webb 1889-1890

  • St Mary: Perpendicular west tower mostly of Aston Webb's work in Arts & Crafts Gothic

  • St Mary: from the south-east; three-bay chancel with priest's doorway; early c14 east wall

  • St Mary: detail of Webb's west doorway

  • St Mary: Decorated nave with mostly Aston Webb fittings

  • St Mary: nave looking to barrel vaulted chancel via Webb's chancel screen

  • St Mary: monument to Elizabeth of Lancaster, d.1425, below ogee arch

  • St Mary: Elizabeth of Lancaster, d.1425; daughter of John of Gaunt & wife of John Cornewall, Baron Fanhope

  • St Mary: royal arms from the monument to Elizabeth of Lancaster, d.1425

  • St Mary: small tomb chest to Edmund Cornewall of Burford, d.1435 in Cologne; site of heart burial; four cusped arches below

  • St Mary: oak monument to Edmund Cornewall, d.1508 aged 20

  • St Mary: monument in form of triptych to Richard Cornewall, 9th Baron of Burford, d.1563, erected 1588

  • St Mary: inscription from the memorial to Richard Cornewall, d.1563, & wife Janet Wogan of Wiston

  • St Mary: inscription from the memorial to Richard Cornewall, d.1563, with reference to his son Edmund, 10th Baron, d.1585

  • St Mary: memorial to Thomas Cornewall, 12th Baron of Burford, d.1634, & wife Ann (Littleton), d.1656

  • St Mary: memorial to Elizabeth Cornewall, d.1675, daughter of 12th Baron of Burford

  • St Mary: memorial to Gilbert Cornewall, d.1676, son of Thomas, 14th Baron of Burford

  • St Mary: Elizabeth Cornewall (nee Brampton), d.1354 eng. c.1370, wife of Edmund Cornewall of Kinlet

  • St Mary: Elizabeth Cornewall (nee Brampton), d.1354

  • St Mary: shield from the brass to Elizabeth Cornewall, d.1354

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 12 November 1954

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1383422

English Heritage Legacy ID: 483840

ID on this website: 101383422

Location: St Mary's Church, Shropshire, WR15

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Burford

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Burford, 3rd Portion

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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