St Mary's Church is located in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The church is said to have been the "Mother Church of Huntingdon". It occupies what is probably the original site of Huntingdon Priory of Austin Canons, founded in 1140 by Eustace de Lovetot, and seems to have been used initially as a parochial church upon the removal of the priory to the east end of town during the reign of Henry II.
In July 1607, the building fell down, and construction of the present church commenced in March of the following year and finished in 1620.[1] The church's organ chamber and vestry were built later in 1869, and further restorations were carried out in 1876.[2]
It was listed as a Grade I building in January 1951.[2][3]
- ^ Kelly, Edward Robert (1885). Kelly's directory of Bedfordshire, Hunts and Northamptonshire, with maps (Public domain ed.). pp. 207–. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Church of St Mary, Huntingdon". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (Grade I) (1161910)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2015.