St. Mary, Bexley, Kent

Description

The church of St. Mary is a structure of flint, in the Norman and Early English styles, and has a tower, with spire, containing a clock and 6 bells: there is a monument to Sir John Champneys, lord mayor of London, knighted 1533. d. 1556, with kneeling effigies of himself and his lady; to Sir Edward Brett kt. and to the families of Austen, Woolrych, Hereworth, Gerard, Styleman, and others, and brasses to Thomas Sparrow and to the Castellain family of Blendon: the church was restored in 1882-3, at a cost of about £4,000, and affords 450 sittings, 100 being free.

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1528.

Findmypast have the following online for Bexley, St Mary the Virgin: baptisms 1722-1835, marriages 1565-1837, burials 1723-1848