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The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin was built around 1150 AD. It stands at what was the centre of the village before houses were built on Kensworth Common in the 18th century. The main body of the church is Norman and was built using stone and flint from Caen, France. In the 19th century extensive foundations of a Saxon Church were unearthed on the same site by historian Worthington Smith. Both ends of the nave, the south doorway, and the three narrow windows in the north wall contain characteristic round Norman arches. The walls of the church are about a metre thick and recent restoration work revealed the original Norman flintwork with its distinctive herringbone pattern. Unfortunately much of the original stained glass was destroyed during the Reformation, leaving just a small quarterfoil of Medieval glass in the west window under the tower. Further damage was done during the Crimean War when lead was taken from the roof to make bullets.
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