page_title: Edlesborough
section_title: Parish church
hierarchical_section_title: Edlesborough / Parish church
caption_attribution_description: English: St Mary's Church Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
context_page_description: Edlesborough is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. Edlesborough is also next to the village of Eaton Bray just over the county boundary in Bedfordshire, about 3 miles west-south-west of Dunstable.
  As well as the village of Edlesborough itself, the civil parish also includes the hamlets of Dagnall, Northall and part of Ringshall. Hudnall was transferred in 1885 to the parish of Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire.
context_section_description: The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin is built on top of a barrow and its high 14th-century bell tower is a local landmark. The church has been redundant since 1975, when the ecclesiastical parish merged with that of Eaton Bray. Today church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, and it is normally opern to visitors.
  The earliest parts of the church date from the 13th century. A chantry was added in 1338 and the tower in 1340. The closeness of these construction dates indicates how rich Edlesborough parish was at the time. Much of the church was altered in the 15th century, including the chantry, which has given the church a very 15th century character.
  Thomas Cobhambury appears as vicar of Edlisburgh in 1413.
  On 28 March 1824 the tower was struck by lightning,  setting it on fire. The lead of the roof melted, and the molten lead set fire to everything it struck. Villagers fought the fire, which burnt for 12 hours until it was extinguished.
caption: The wall paintings in the nave of St Mary's Church
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