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History

Church timeline: 1850 - present day

Photo of Memorial to Archbishop Howley inside St Mary's Church
Church timeline: c.1080 - 1850
1862Death of Archbishop John Bird Sumner (buried in churchyard)
1868Death of Archbishop Charles Longley (buried in churchyard)
1876 North aisle, present vestry and organ chamber added to church
Tower rebuilt with present roof - architect J. P. St. Aubyn
1882Death of Archbishop Archibald Campbell Tait (buried in churchyard)
c. 1890Service of Nine Lessons and Carols introduced by Archbishop Edgar White Benson, who first devised it while Bishop of Truro
1896Death of Archbishop Benson (buried at Canterbury)
1898Chancel repaired and decorated with present wall painting as memorial to Archbishop Benson
1913Present baptistry redecorated and font presented by the vicar Arthur Carr
1980Novocentenary celebration
1980-1990Major repairs and restoration of church and tower
1988Cleaning and restoration of Chancel wall painting
Church timeline: c.1080 - 1850