St Mary's Church, Bletchley

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St Mary's Church
Parish Church of Bletchley
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View of the church from the south.
St Mary's Church, Bletchley
Location Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Website http://www.stmarysbletchley.org/
Architecture
Style Norman, English Gothic
Years built Norman, 13–15th centuries
Administration
Diocese Oxford [1]

St Mary's Church is the Anglican parish church in Bletchley, a constituent town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. [1] St Mary's is located on Church Green Road, Bletchley.

History

The church dates from Norman times and the arch of the south doorway is Norman. [2] The chancel is 13th century and there were additions in the 14th and 15th centuries.

More recently, the Church has moved away from a traditional choir and organ and now have a band.[ citation needed ]

Services

Since St John's joined St Mary's,[ when? ] all services are now at St Mary's. The latest schedule of services is available from the church website.

  1. 1 2 "Bletchley: St Mary, Bletchley". The Church of England. 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979) [1960]. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 67–68. ISBN   0-14-071019-1.

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