St. Mary the Virgin, Waterperry - Memorial Brass
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St. Mary the Virgin, Waterperry - Memorial Brass
Image: © Gerald Massey Taken: 31 Jul 2009
The village of Waterperry lies 7 miles (11 km) east of Oxford on the border with Buckinghamshire. Waterperry House is the former home of the Curson and Henley families, and the tiny Church of St. Mary the Virgin lies adjacent to it, representatives of both families lying in the grave-yard. Although the earliest reference to Waterperry is in Domesday in 1086, the church is not mentioned although its architecture suggests that a Church had been there since Saxon times. Among its points of interest are a fine Jacobean three-decker pulpit, box-pews, some interesting windows and the memorial brass shown here . . . This brass effigy is believed to be of Margaret Kemp (d.1442), wife of Simon Kemp, Esquire (d. 1442), both of whom were buried in the Priory of Holy Trinity, Aldgate, in London - how she came to rest at Waterperry is beyond the scope of this brief narrative.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.751774
Longitude
-1.089347