St Mary of the Purification Churchyard in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire

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Coordinates: 53.09466, -1.12694
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The parish church of St Mary of the Purification in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, dates from the 15th century, with later additions in 1739 and 1839.

This is the only church known to continue to hold an annual ‘Rocking Ceremony' in which a baby boy, born nearest to Christmas Day and having Christian parents living in Blidworth, is "rocked" in a cradle on the Feast of the Purification of Mary, which is on the Sunday nearest to Candlemas.

An extensive churchyard is located south and south-west of the building. Part of the wall from the earlier church has been re-erected in the churchyard, as well as a 1963 model of that church. The apex of the old church spire stands in the churchyard and is popularly referred to as a monument to Will Scarlet, whose grave is otherwise unmarked.