St Mary's Parish Church, Ashford Explained

St. Mary's Church
Location:Tufton Street
Ashford, Kent
Country:England
Coordinates:51.1486°N 0.8727°W
Completed Date:late 13th century

St Mary's Parish Church, also known as the Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Ashford, Kent, England, dates to the late 13th century. It is a Grade I listed. There has been a church on the site since at least 1086, for one was mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1]

Cranbrook native Comfort Starr, one of the founding members of Harvard College, was a warden at the church in the early 17th century.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://ashfordsheritage.uk/heritage-assets/central-ashford/parish-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin/ Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
  2. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3 (1913), p. 1099