St Mary's, High Church

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St Mary's
St Mary the Virgin
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St Mary's, High Church
Location Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 2QF
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Website www.parishofmorpeth.org.uk/stmary.htm OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Style 14th century
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Newcastle [1]
Archdeaconry Lindisfarne [1]
Parish Morpeth [1]

St Mary's, also known as St Mary the Virgin, is an ancient Grade I listed Church of England parish church located in Morpeth, Northumberland. [2] [3] The church is to the south of the River Wansbeck in Morpeth, which is an area known as High Church. [2] The oldest remaining parts of the structure belong to the Transitional Early English style of the mid to late 12th century, but the church is mostly in the 14th century style. [4] [3] [5] [6] The church, which was the main Anglican place of worship in the area until the 1840s, has been restored several times after being destroyed by the Scandinavians, Scottish and Cromwellians in the 10th and later centuries. [6]

The grave of Emily Wilding Davison, a suffragette who was killed when she fell under the King's horse during The Derby in 1913, lies in St Mary's graveyard. Her gravestone bears the slogan of the Women's Social and Political Union: "Deeds not words". [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Morpeth: St Mary the Virgin - CHR Church". facultyonline.churchofengland.org.
  2. 1 2 "Morpeth: Northumberland Extensive Urban Survey" (PDF). northumberland.gov.uk. Northumberland County Council. 2009. p. 25 (section 4.1). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1042763)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Hodgson, J. (1832). A History of Northumberland: Part 2. Vol. 2. pp. 390–94.
  5. ↑ "Morpeth: Northumberland Extensive Urban Survey" (PDF). northumberland.gov.uk. Northumberland County Council. 2009. p. 16 (section 3.2.4). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  6. 1 2 "The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin". Parish of Morpeth in the Diocese of Newcastle. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Miss Davison's Funeral". Votes for Women. 20 June 1913. p. 553.
  8. ↑ Sleight, John (1988). One-way Ticket to Epsom: Journalist's Enquiry into the Heroic Story of Emily Wilding Davison. Morpeth, Northumberland: Bridge Studios. p. 100. ISBN   978-0-9512-6302-0.
  9. ↑ "Miss Davison's Funeral: Impressive London Procession". The Manchester Guardian. 16 June 1913. p. 9.

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