ST.MARY'S CHURCH
The Church of  St.Mary, the Virgin, originally built in the 11th.Century, was first called "The Parish Church" in the year 1271.
It was restored in 1845.
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Many relics of interest can be found within its walls. Two brasses can be seen on the floor of the chancel; on the north side is one of Robert Clare, Dean, ob,1450, and on the south side is a fine brass effigy on a black marble slab, of John Withines, Dean, ob.1615
Eight bells made in 1739 hang in the old Norman Tower, which was built in the 15th Century. The clock was added in 1869.
The Church has always been "a chapel" connected with the Abbey