What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Northamptonshire, East Northamptonshire, Rushden, Church of St Mary as Church (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Mary's Church in Rushden is associated with local traditions of healing and pilgrimage, with holy wells or sacred sites often linked to Marian devotion in medieval England. Such sites were commonly believed to offer cures for ailments, particularly through the veneration of the Virgin Mary.
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Places near here
Church of St MaryListed building · 90 yd
Rushden St Mary's ChurchChurch, cross or graveyard · 109 yd
Rushden Historical Transport SocietyMuseum · 731 yd
Rushden CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1111 yd
Wymington SpinneyWood · 1347 yd
Cemetery GatesChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.2 mi
Nene Wetlands Visitor CentreVisitor information · 1.4 mi
Sculpture of BirdsPublic sculpture · 1.5 mi
Woodland Edge West of WymingtonForest or wood · 1.6 mi
Irthlingborough BridgeScheduled monument · 2.6 mi
Stanwick Lakes Visitor CentreVisitor information · 3.2 mi
Castle HillArchaeological place · 3.5 mi