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Sepia-toned view of an ancient stone church with a square tower and battlemented roof, set behind a graveyard of headstones.

Eaton Socon church (J Phillips undated)

St Mary, Eaton Socon

History of St Mary

Listed Building

C14-15. The church was restored in the C19, and a N organ chamber was added in 1886-9 to designs by J A Cory and C J Ferguson. A parish rooms complex was added on the N in the late C20. (Historic England)

Two policemen stand in the debris-filled interior of a burned stone church, surrounded by ruined arches and blackened walls.

St Mary Eaton Socon following fire 1930 (Hunts Archives)

In February 1930 the church was almost completely destroyed by fire but had been rebuilt two years later.

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  • Listed building
  • medieval

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