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User Reviews
J M Anderson (2 years ago)
Lovely little church and graveyard.
Lovely little church and graveyard.
GNF Browning (2 years ago)
Very tranquil and the final resting place for Harold and Mary Wilson, whose grave is in the churchyard. There are also grave stones from both world wars under the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Very tranquil and the final resting place for Harold and Mary Wilson, whose grave is in the churchyard. There are also grave stones from both world wars under the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Norman Spirit (3 years ago)
St Mary's is an Isle, a church in Hugh Town, and a church in Old Town. This church in Old Town existed in the 12thC, but what you see today is a restoration from 1890 of a rebuild from 1830. Whereas the church has been replaced for worship by a better placed church in Hugh Town the church in Old Town has few restrictions on space for burials. Its old cemetery is full. Its extension run by the Council is active today. The cemetery with its ancient stone cattle grid, monuments to its prominent residents, and to those seafarers "committed to the deep" is the most significant, for the Isles. The bay setting, almost on the beach is wonderfull. It's the past you can't walk past.
St Mary's is an Isle, a church in Hugh Town, and a church in Old Town. This church in Old Town existed in the 12thC, but what you see today is a restoration from 1890 of a rebuild from 1830. Whereas the church has been replaced for worship by a better placed church in Hugh Town the church in Old Town has few restrictions on space for burials. Its old cemetery is full. Its extension run by the Council is active today. The cemetery with its ancient stone cattle grid, monuments to its prominent residents, and to those seafarers "committed to the deep" is the most significant, for the Isles. The bay setting, almost on the beach is wonderfull. It's the past you can't walk past.
Tina Johns (5 years ago)
Where we were all christened and many of our family , ancestors laid the rest. The whole area is peaceful and beautiful and the church just feels like home.
Where we were all christened and many of our family , ancestors laid the rest. The whole area is peaceful and beautiful and the church just feels like home.
Vinny Pallett (6 years ago)
Lord Wilson buried here. Beautiful little church, full of birdsong, tranquil and peaceful. Set beside a rugged bay, nestled in a very well kept graveyard. Many locals have family buried here. Like most churches in Scilly, the door is open and you are welcome to enter. I sat for quite some time just enjoying the solitude far from the madding crowd.
Lord Wilson buried here. Beautiful little church, full of birdsong, tranquil and peaceful. Set beside a rugged bay, nestled in a very well kept graveyard. Many locals have family buried here. Like most churches in Scilly, the door is open and you are welcome to enter. I sat for quite some time just enjoying the solitude far from the madding crowd.
