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Interior view of a church nave with wooden pews, stone pillars, arched aisles, and hanging iron chandeliers under a timber roof.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton

History of St Mary Magdalene

Listed Building

Parish Church. C14 West tower C15 chancel, nave, North and South aisles and south porch.

A wooden footbridge leads toward a lychgate in a stone wall, behind which stands a stone church nestled among dense green trees.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

A wooden lychgate with red poppy wreaths on the beams leads to a shaded, tree-lined path in a sunlit churchyard.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

Looking upward at a dark wooden beamed church ceiling with white walls, arched windows, and a hanging metal light fixture.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

A marble wall monument with a central urn atop a pyramid-shaped backplate, featuring inscriptions for the Powell family.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

A white marble wall memorial plaque with ornate carved edges and engraved English and Latin text commemorating Tho Sheppard.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

A wooden-framed painting of a royal coat of arms featuring a crowned lion and a unicorn flanking a central shield and motto.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

A display board featuring text about Edward Wilson, a wedding party photo from 1901, a poem, and a photo from the South Pole.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

A weathered rectangular stone plaque with Latin text carved in white lettering set into a plain light-colored wall.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

Ink drawing of St Mary Magdalene church in Hilton, featuring a stone tower and Gothic windows, framed under glass.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

A Jigsaw Exchange sign on a wooden door next to shelves stacked with many colourful jigsaw puzzle boxes in a stone porch.

St Mary Magdalene, Hilton (RGL2025)

Building dates

Built 1300–1399

Source for this date

Built 1300–1399: Listed building: C14 (grade I)

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