St Mary's Church, Fleet Marston, Buckinghamshire

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Accessibility

"St Mary's church is through a reclamation yard, through a farm gate and across a ploughed field with no path. Access is by foot only. This walk is long and very challenging on uneven ground often with fallen leaves and mud. This is approx. 5km. There is a large step down into the church. "

Brief description

"A medieval church where John Wesley preached.

This isolated medieval church is set on a small hillock a few minutes walk away from the Aylesbury to Bicester road. Surrounded by trees, in the middle of fields, it consists only of a nave, chancel, and porch. The village it served has long since disappeared, although Methodist founder John Wesley preached here soon after he was ordained, and the church was restored by Sir G Gilbert Scott in 1868.

The church was built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, probably on the site of an earlier church. There is a quaint Norman font, a beautiful chancel arch rebuilt in the fourteenth century, and a fine fifteenth-century queen-post roof over the nave."

Address

St Mary's Church, Fleet Marston, Buckinghamshire

Email

Phone

Website

https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-churches/st-mary-church-fleet-marston-buckinghamshire

Directions

"Two miles west of Aylesbury and to the south of Fleet Marston hamlet on A41; access via Reclaimed Materials Yard; church to the rear across the field."

Opening Times

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

2025: "The church is open by appointment only. For enquiries about this church, please contact the Local Community Officer, Phone number

07553473288 & Email address dwigzell@thecct.org.uk"

Transport

"Nearest railway station: Aylesbury Vale Parkway (¾ mile away)."

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