| Church of St Mary | |
| Location: | Eye, Suffolk |
| Country: | England |
| Denomination: | Church of England |
| Previous Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
| Status: | Active |
| Functional Status: | Parish church |
| Heritage Designation: | Grade I listed |
| Designated Date: | 1955 |
| Diocese: | St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
St Mary's Church is a medieval church in Thornham Parva, Suffolk, England. Much of the fabric dates from the 12th century, and it is a Grade I listed building. Originally the church served not only Thornham Parva but the neighbouring village of Thornham Magna, which is now a separate parish.
A church on the site was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and there are still traces of Anglo-Saxon stonework in the present building. The roof is thatched. Inside the building are early-14th-century wall paintings—on the south wall the early years of Christ and on the north wall the martyrdom of St Edmund.[1] The church also houses a famous altarpiece, the Thornham Parva Retable, which is thought to have been created in the 1330s for a Dominican priory,[2] [3] probably Blackfriars, Thetford.
The architect Basil Spence died in 1976 at his home at Yaxley, Suffolk, and was buried at Thornham Parva.[4] The graves of Dame Anne Warburton, the first female British ambassador, and the violinist, Frederick Grinke, also lie within the churchyard.