St Mary, Ely

History of St Mary's church

Listed Building

A stone rubble church with ashlars dressing. Mainly C13 with later work. The Church was begun in the warly part of the C13 by Bishop Eustace (1198-1215). It has a wide nave of 7 bays (Transitional) with slender plain piers and capitals with scalloped ornamentation. The clerestory is C15. The fine north doorway is early C13, with orders, columns with shaft riings, stiff-leaf capitals and a pointed arch with chevron ornamentation. Most likely it was the work of craftsmen from the Cathedral workshop.

The ebook below represents the records of the Overseers of the Poor in the parish. At the time they were transcribed by Reginald Holmes in 1970 they were kept in the parish chest in the church.