St Mary the Virgin Church, Langley

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St Mary the Virgin Church, Langley
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St Mary the Virgin Church, Langley
Location in Berkshire
51°30′21″N0°33′12″W / 51.505732°N 0.553447°W / 51.505732; -0.553447
OS grid reference TQ 00483 79533
Location Langley
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Website http://langleymarish.com/stmary/
History
Foundedc.1150
Dedication St Mary
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designation Grade I
Administration
Diocese Oxford

St Mary the Virgin Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Langley in Berkshire, England. It is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and is in the diocese of Oxford. The church dates from about 1150 and is a Grade I listed building [1] [2]

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The church houses the Kedermister Library, given by Sir John Kedermister (or Kederminster), who also endowed the surviving almshouses of 1617 in the village. [3]

The churchyard is the resting place of Charles Morice (1775–1815), who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo [4] and of the celebrated British war artist Paul Nash (1889–1946).

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References

  1. "The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Langley Marish. (Grade I Listing)". Slough Museum. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  2. "Tour of St. Mary's Church". Parish of Langley Marish. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. "Kedermister Library". Parish of Langley Marish. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2015). Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo- Volume II: M to Z. Pen and Sword. p. 97. ISBN   978-1-4738-5768-1.