Church Gate

St Mary’s – The church has been there for over 10 centuries.In 1344, the Earl of Salisbury, William Montacute of Bisham Manor, was killed in a jousting tournament at Windsor. Work was halted as nearly half the people in the parish died from the Black Death. In 1480 a north aisle was constructed. In 1500 the upper part of the tower was completed and three or four bells were installed. In 1857 the church was completely renovated. It is the Church of England. For the next three hundred years the external appearance of the church changed very little. 

However there were some changes. Six new bells were added in 1624. The Meeting Room was constructed at the back of the church in 1979. Floodlights were installed in 2000 and the heating system replaced in November 2001. The tower bells were augmented to eight in 1927 and to ten in 1969. There are now (2012) 11 bells at St Mary’s one of them ways as much as a car and is as big as a fridge! This is how the bells work.