St Mary the Virgin, Stratfield Mortimer
Parish church
The Victorian parish church near the station, with a Saxon tombstone inside.
About
St Mary's stands on The Street at the old end of the parish, towards the station, rather than on the Common. The church was rebuilt in 1869 by Richard Armstrong on the site of an older one, with a vestry added in 1896, and it is listed Grade II. Inside is the parish's oldest object. When the old tower came down in 1866 a Saxon coffin lid was found beneath it in two pieces, carved with an inscription recording that Aegelward, son of Kypping, was laid there on 24 September, in the early eleventh century. St Mary's shares a benefice with St John's on Victoria Road.
What’s here
- Grade II listed parish church
- A Saxon inscribed coffin lid of the early eleventh century
- Benefice with St John the Evangelist, Mortimer Common
Venues and community places are listed as EveryVillage partners. We wrote this page ourselves, from information St Mary the Virgin, Stratfield Mortimer and others have published. Compiled 30 September 2026 from Historic England's list entry 1135795 (the building, its dates and the grid reference it is pinned at), the benefice's own pages and a published account of the Saxon tombstone. Service times are left off until the benefice's own listing has been checked. If you help run it, send us a correction or ask us to take the page down.