St Mary's Church, Ashendon
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St Mary's Church, Ashendon
Image: © Richard Rogerson Taken: 8 Oct 2022
Ashendon is a small village of set along a ridge of land 9 miles west of Aylesbury and 7 miles north of Thame. St Mary's church stands on high ground on the southwest side of the village. The earliest part of the church is the nave, built in the 12th century and having, at that time, a narrow south aisle that was lengthened, together with the nave in around 1200. About 90 years later the chancel and the old part of the south aisle was widened. Towards the close of the 15th century the west tower was built and a clerestory added to the nave, which had, at that time, a northeast chapel. The chancel was rebuilt in the 19th century. The chancel roof is a ‘wagon’ type, often seen in Devon and Cornwall.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.822074
Longitude
-0.978386