St Mary's, also known as St Mary the Virgin, is an ancient

Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

parish church located in

Morpeth, Northumberland Morpeth is a historic market town in Northumberland, North East England, lying on the River Wansbeck. Nearby towns include Ashington, Northumberland, Ashington and Bedlington, Northumberland, Bedlington. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 ...

. The church is to the south of the

River Wansbeck The River Wansbeck runs through the county of Northumberland, England. It rises above Sweethope Lake, Lough on the edge of Fourlaws Forest in the area known locally as The Wanneys (Great Wanney Crag, Little Wanney Crag; thus the "Wanneys Beck") ...

in Morpeth, which is an area known as High Church. The oldest remaining parts of the structure belong to the Transitional Early English style of the mid to late 12th century, but the church is mostly in the 14th century style. The church, which was the main

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place of worship in the area until the 1840s, has been restored several times after being destroyed by the Scandinavians, Scottish and Cromwellians in the 10th and later centuries. The grave of

Emily Wilding Davison Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was an English suffragette who fought for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Polit ...

, a

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who was killed when she fell under the King's horse during The Derby in 1913, lies in St Mary's graveyard. Her gravestone bears the slogan of the

Women's Social and Political Union The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1918. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and ...

: "Deeds not words".

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* Morpeth, Northumberland Church of England church buildings in Northumberland {{UK-anglican-church-struct-stub