English Heritage sites near St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
DYMCHURCH MARTELLO TOWER
3 miles from St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
This is one of a chain of ingeniously designed artillery towers built around the south and east coasts of England from 1805 to protect against the threat of invasion by Napoleon.
HORNE'S PLACE CHAPEL
7 miles from St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
A rare survival of a fine domestic chapel, built for William Horne in 1366 and attached to his timber-framed manor house, which was attacked during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
CAMBER CASTLE
10 miles from St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
Enjoy a guided tour around this historic castle built by Henry VIII. Camber Castle lies between Rye and Winchelsea. The ruin of an unaltered artillery fort designed to guard the port of Rye.
ST JOHN'S COMMANDERY
15 miles from St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
The flint-walled 13th-century chapel and hall of a 'Commandery' of Knights Hospitallers, later converted into a farmhouse.
WESTERN HEIGHTS, DOVER
18 miles from St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
A huge fortification begun during the Napoleonic Wars and completed in the 1860s, designed to protect Dover from French invasion. Only the moat can be visited.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CHURCH, DOVER
18 miles from St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
The foundations of a small medieval church, traditionally said to have been the site of King John's submission to the Papal Legate in 1213.
Churches in St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
All Saints, ST MARY'S BAY
Jefferstone Lane
St Mary's Bay
New Romney
(01303) 873984
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12124/
All Saints St Mary's Bay is located in the heart of the Bay community just 200yards down Jefferstone Lane on the right hand side. It Is a comparatively modern church compared to the other churches on the Romney Marsh ,Having been built in 1937 just before the war originally part of the parish of St Mary-in-the-marsh but has now been a parish in its own right since 1984
St Mary the Virgin, ST MARY-IN-THE-MARSH
St Mary-in-the-Marsh
01797 363663
St Mary in the Marsh is a widespread rural parish with approximately 200 inhabitants situated in the heart of Romney Marsh. The centre of the parish is a small village of 38 houses. The setting, with the church and The Star Inn at the heart of the village, is thought by many to be typically English. It is probable that there was a small wooden Saxon church here in early times, known as Siwold’s Circe. Following the Norman invasion, the Saxon church was superseded in about 1133 by a church built largely of Kentish Ragstone, the name having been changed to remove the Pagan history of the site. Today, all that remains of the early Norman church is the splendid Norman tower and the west wall of the nave. The spire was added to the tower in the mid-fifteenth century, circa 1450.
We have a regular pattern of services on the first three Sundays of each month. On the first and third Sunday we have a service of Holy Communion (Common Worship) at 9 am and we have a Sung Evensong (Book of Common Prayer) at 6.30 pm on the second Sunday.
St Mary's has quickly developed a lively music tradition in the last few years. A wonderful FH Brown & Sons organ was built and installed in the church in 1990 and extended in 2012. Our talented organist is also the musical director of a community choir, The Haywardians, which is based in the church and meets every Friday evening at 7.30pm. In addition we hold a series of concerts each summer with music as diverse as jazz bands, classical chamber groups, choral concerts and organ recitals.
Pubs in St. Mary in the Marsh Parish
Bailiffs Sergeant
30 Jefferstone Lane, St Mary's Bay, TN29 0SA
(01303) 875038
bailiffssergeant.co.uk
Star Inn
St Mary in the Marsh, TN29 0BX
(01797) 362139
thestarinnthemarsh.co.uk