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Grade II listed church, of 14th century origins but with a documentary reference in the Domesday Book
St Mary's, a Grade II listed parish church was extensively rebuilt in late 19th century but is of medieval origins. Flint with stone dressings and tiled roof. Contains several important monuments as well as many listed chest tombs in the churchyard <1> <4>. The Domesday Survey <7> listed a church here.
West Berkshire Museum has a photograph showing the church in the mid 20th century <22>.
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http://www.theparishchurch.co.uk/index2.htm (Accessed 25/11/2021) |
| <00> | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. ø Map No 26 4/129. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <01> | Money, W. 1892. The History of Speen. p27-47,89-94, 100-103. [Monograph / SWB11824] |
| <02> | Gray, E W (ed)?. pre 1839. The History and Antiquities of Newbury and its Environs. p163-7. [Monograph / SWB11182]
https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00unkngoog (Accessed 16/07/2019) |
| <03> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. P107-8. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <04> | Pevsner, N. 1966. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). P224. [Monograph / SWB10024] |
| <05> | Goodwin, H (research). 1990s-2000s. St Mary the Virgin, Speen. [Unpublished document / SWB147770] |
| <06> | Newbury Weekly News. 1979. Fate of Speen Church hangs on vote. [Article in serial / SWB13330] |
| <07> | Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. [Monograph / SWB14587]
https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023) |
| <08> | Allen, J R L. 2007. Late Churches and Chapels in Berkshire - A geological perspective from the late eighteenth century to the First World War. BAR Series 432. p71, 93; Fig 13.6. [Monograph / SWB147258] |
| <09> | Betjeman, J and Piper, J (eds). 1949. Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide. p143. [Monograph / SWB10404] |
| <10> | Elliott, J & Pritchard, J (eds). 1998. George Edmund Street - A Victorian Architect in Berkshire. p111-12. [Monograph / SWB147212] |
| <11> | Berkshire Record Office. 1971-2. Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the County Archivist. [Article in serial / SWB13324] |
| <12> | Commissioned by the Duke of Chandos. 1729/30. Map of Speen Manor. Marked 'Speen Church'. [Map / SWB12939] |
| <13> | Department of the Environment. 1974-2000?. DOE List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Unpublished document / SWB10006] |
| <14> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p527. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <15> | 1860. JBAA 1860 16. XVI. online. p226-251, Visit 17 Sept 1859. [Article in serial / SWB10466]
https://archive.org/details/journalofbritish16brit (Accessed 12/04/2016) |
| <16> | Tiller, K (ed). 2010. Berkshire Religious Census 1851. p78, No 339. [Monograph / SWB148619] |
| <17> | Wessex Archaeology. 2010. St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Speen, Berkshire - Archaeological Desk-based Assessment. 74370.02. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB148978] |
| <18> | Wessex Archaeology. 2011. St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Speen, Berkshire - Archaeological Watching Brief. 74371.01. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB148979] |
| <19> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1941. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1941 45. 45. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p88 in English Sculpture in some Berkshire Churches. [Article in serial / SWB149070]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=45 (Accessed 10/08/2016) |
| <20> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1952-3. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1952-53 53. 53. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p5 in The Church Bells of Berkshire. [Article in serial / SWB9631]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=53 (Accessed 17/08/2016) |
| <21> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1954-5. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1954-55 54. 54. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p88 in The Rebuilding and Repair of Berkshire Churches .... [Article in serial / SWB6840]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=54 (Accessed 31/08/2016) |
| <22> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:D3552.19. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
| <23> | British Geological Survey. 2017. Strategic Stone Study: BGS Enhanced Listings. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB149695] |