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St Mary

St Mary

Ashwell

Hertfordshire

C14 (completed 1381). C15 N porch and aisle windows

Architectural Features

Chancel with 3-light restored C14 windows

C15 aisle roofs, the N one largely restored

Chancel has good mid-C14 sedilia: 4 cinquefoiled arches with crocketed ogee gables

Fittings: hexagonal wooden pulpit dated 1627

C15 traceried wooden screen to Lady Chapel in E bay of S aisle

C19 replica font on early octagonal base

C15 benches near Chancel

On N wall of W tower are remarkable C14 graffiti: an inscription recording survival of citizens of Ashwell during great plague and a drawing of Old St