St. Mary's Churchyard in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire

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Get directions Church Green Road
Bletchley, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire MK3 6DZ England

Coordinates: 51.99602, -0.74447
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A church probably existed here in the C12. The church was wholly rebuilt in stages from the late C13 to the C15. The earliest fabric is the reset late C12 S door. The C15 work is associated with the Grey family, who held the manor of Over, West or Old Bletchley from the early C13 to the mid C17. The N chapel in particular, was clearly intended to be a chantry chapel and family mausoleum, although only the tomb of Richard, Lord Grey de Wilton, c.1442 now survives. Browne Willis (1682-1760), the noted early antiquary, owned the Bletchley estate from 1699-1760, and was responsible for refurnishing the church in the early C18. In 1704-07, he had the church 'repaired and beautified', and the chancel was painted with figures of the twelve Apostles This was removed during the 1868 restoration, when a number of other Browne Willis period features, such as the chancel S door, were also altered, and the church was refurnished. The architect was William White (1825-1900), a leading architect of the Victorian Gothic Revival. The church was wholly reordered in the late C20 to remove the White period furnishings.