St Mary's Watford | |
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51°39′16″N 0°23′45″W / 51.654563°N 0.395923°W | |
OS grid reference | TQ1196 |
Location | Church Street, Watford WD18 0EG |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Evangelical |
Website | stmaryswatford.org |
History | |
Founded | 1100 | or later
Events | 1871 renovated |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
Style | Early English Gothic |
Specifications | |
Spire height | 33 metres (108 ft) (including 'spike') |
Bells | 10 (1704, 1919 & 1946) |
Tenor bell weight | 1,237 kilograms (2,727 lb) |
Administration | |
Province | Province of Canterbury |
Diocese | Diocese of St Albans |
Parish | Watford |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Rev. Tony Rindl |
St Mary's Watford is a Church of England church in Watford, Hertfordshire, in England. It is an active church situated in the town centre on Watford High Street, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) outside London. St Mary's is the parish church of Watford and is part of the Anglican Diocese of St Albans. Thought to be at least 800 years old, the church contains burials of a number of local nobility and some noteworthy monumental sculpture of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.