St. Mary's Church, Shenley is an

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located in

Shenley Church End Shenley Church End is a village, district and wider civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, about south-west of Central Milton Keynes, and the same distance north-west of Bletchley. Together with its neighbouring districts of S ...

Milton Keynes Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms t ...

, England. The church now forms part of the

Watling Valley Ecumenical Partnership The Watling Valley Ecumenical Partnership is a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) in Milton Keynes, England which belongs to the Church of England, The Baptist Union, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church The United Reformed Chur ...

. It is likely that the church building existed in some form from 1223, for this is when the first rector is recorded. Parts of the nave date back to ''c''.1150, and parts of the chancel date back to ''c''.1180. The stonework in the church covers both Norman and Early English periods. The north aisle was built in the 14th century, and the Font in the 15th century. The church is

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listed, and seats approximately 120 people.

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*http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/Shenley/rectors.html Grade I listed churches in Buckinghamshire Churches in Milton Keynes

Shenley Shenley is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, between Chipping Barnet, Barnet and St Albans. The village is located 14 miles from Central London. As of 2021, the population of the parish was 5,390; however, the parish stretc ...

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