United Kingdom
England
South East England
Buckinghamshire
South Bucks
Dorney
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Boveney
United Kingdom
England
South East England
Buckinghamshire
South Bucks
Dorney
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Boveney
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Location: Dorney, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom
A church has been on the site since before the Norman conquest, but the fabric of the present church dates from the 12th century. Windows and the tower were added in the 15th century. The church was built to serve the bargemen working on the River Thames; there was a quay alongside the church but there are now no remains of this. It was a chapel of ease to St Peter's Church, Burnham. An attempt to make it into a separate parish in 1737 failed because sufficient endowment could not be raised. Probably in the middle of the 19th century, a dado of bricks was added to the exterior in an attempt to keep out damp, and in 1897 the window tracery was replaced.
June 14, 2018
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