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Black and white print showing a church exterior with gothic windows, a stone parapet, two spires, and two tall tombstones.

St Mary, Over c.1902

St Mary’s church, Over

History of St Mary

Listed Building

Parish church, with C13 origins but mainly early C14. Restored 1840. (Historic Building)

A tall stone church spire rises above trees behind a pale yellow brick house and a curving road under a cloudy blue sky.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Stone exterior of St Mary’s church with arched stone tracery windows, a crenellated roofline, and carved stone gargoyles.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Stone church with a tall spire and ornate arched porch, viewed from a churchyard with headstones under a cloudy blue sky.

St Mary Over (RGL2025)

Stone gargoyle in the shape of a wide-mouthed owl positioned below a parapet decorated with small carved skull motifs.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Dark arched double wooden door beneath a stone lintel featuring a relief carving of a central figure flanked by two others.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Weathered stone carving of a human head with curly hair, protruding from a lichen-covered, rough-textured stone wall.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A heavy, studded wooden door stands half-open in a stone church interior, revealing pews with red curtains and gothic arches.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Faded wall painting in a stone arch featuring a grid pattern with small, hand-painted flower motifs in a church interior.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A tall, weathered stone obelisk stands on a square base with inscribed text, set in grass between a hedge and a bush.

Memorial obelisk, St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Looking down the nave of St Mary's Church, past rows of wooden pews and a red carpet, to the altar screen and stained glass.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Carved stone arch pillar featuring a sculpted head wearing a veil above column capitals decorated with small relief faces.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Carved markings on plaster wall panels within a wooden roof structure, with two small white lights mounted on a beam below.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

An ornate dark wood pulpit with a canopy and staircase inside St Mary's Church, set against stone arches and stained glass.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Stained glass window depicting three crowned figures offering golden vessels, with a blue sky and distant hills background.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Stained glass window depicting an angel sitting on a stone tomb gesturing toward a woman holding a golden vessel.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Stained glass window depicting an angel with golden hair and red wings playing a small pipe organ against a blue background.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Misericords

Ornate wood carving of a lion’s head and mane serving as the end of a church pew, with intricate, weathered detailing.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Detailed wooden carving of a bird with its head tucked under its wing, set atop the end of a church bench in Over.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Close-up of a weathered wooden carving depicting a man's face with a cap and a long beard, mounted on a church pew end.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A carved wooden figure sits atop a four-legged animal in this detail from an ornately sculpted church pew end.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Close-up of a carved wooden misericord seat featuring a central horned animal head flanked by stylized leaf motifs.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A wooden misericord carving featuring a central human face framed by foliage, flanked by two ornate leaf-shaped ornaments.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A wooden misericord featuring a central corbel carved with three ram heads, flanked by two shields carved in relief.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Carved wooden relief showing the heads of two cattle flanking a central ram's head set beneath a decorative corbel ledge.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Intricately carved dark oak misericord featuring a central foliate motif flanked by two sculpted Tudor-style roses.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A wooden carving of a face with a protruding tongue flanked by symmetrical foliate motifs on a rectangular panel.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Framed document listing the names and dates of rectors and vicars of St Mary, Over, with an inset view of a church interior.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Pointed-arch stone headstone in a cemetery with carved floral border, engraved with the names of the Robinson family.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Weathered stone headstone with carved, ornate script for Ann Hawkins, wife of Tho. Howkins, who died in 1821, aged 24 years.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A weathered stone headstone with an arched top, engraved with text commemorating Jemia Adams who died on May 2, 1828.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Weathered stone grave marker in a churchyard inscribed with the name Jonathan Adams, surgeon, who died in 1830 aged 50.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A dark stone ledger slab with an engraved heraldic shield and text commemorating Sackville Wade and his wife, dated 1676.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

A weathered stone ledger grave marker set in the ground, surrounded by fallen autumn leaves and patches of creeping ivy.

St Mary, Over (RGL2025)

Building dates

Built 1200–1299

Source for this date

Built 1200–1299: Listed building: C13

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medieval

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