Photographs of the Church of St Mary and
St Margaret, Stow Maries

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The church at Stow Maries, dedicated to St Margaret and St Mary, was established in the 13th century apparently to replace an earlier manorial chapel. The oldest part of the building now standing is the 14th century chancel. The nave was built in the 15th century and heightened in brick early in the 16th century. The medieval rood loft stair survives. A wooden steeple, replacing a bell-cote in the churchyard, was added in 1686 to house a new bell.
The traditional weathervane on the steeple was replaced in 1925 by a lighted cross given by Claude Ridley, who served in the Royal Flying Corps at Stow airfield in the First World War. Three airmen of the R.F.C. are buried in the churchyard.