page_title: Mary Cornwall Legh
section_title: Honours and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Cornwall Legh / Honours and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: St Barnabus' Church, Kusatsu, Gunma
context_page_description: Mary Helena Cornwall Legh, also known as was a British Anglican missionary, who late in life devoted herself to the welfare, education and medical care of leprosy patients in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
context_section_description: St. Barnabus' Church, the adjoining memorial museum and Cornwall Legh Park in Kusatsu attest to the charitable legacy of Mary Cornwall Legh and the history of the community she sought to serve.
  In 2007, on the 150th Anniversary of her birth, a bust of Cornwall Legh was unveiled in Kusatsu in the presence of the British Ambassador to Japan, Sir Graham Holbrooke-Fry.
  In 1928, Cornwall Legh was awarded the Blue Ribbon Medal.
  In 1939, Cornwall Legh was awarded the 6th Order of the Sacred Treasure.
  In 1943, the hillside site of the former mission buildings donated by Cornwall Legh to the town of Kusatsu was named "Cornwall Legh Park".
caption: St. Barnabus' Church, Kusatsu
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