page_title: Guilden Morden
section_title: Church
hierarchical_section_title: Guilden Morden / Church
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Mary&#39;s, Guilden Morden, Cambs., near to Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
context_page_description: Guilden Morden, England, is a village and parish located in Cambridgeshire about 16 miles south west of Cambridge and 5 miles west of Royston in Hertfordshire. It is served by the main line Ashwell and Morden railway station 3 miles to the south in the neighbouring parish of Steeple Morden.
  The parish is combined with the parishes of Abington Pigotts, Guilden Morden and Tadlow to form "The Mordens" ward, which is represented on South Cambridgeshire District Council by one councillor.
context_section_description: The parish church of Guilden Morden has been dedicated to St Mary since at least the 15th century. The oldest parts of the nave date back to the 13th century, with the majority of the building added in the 14th century. The present building consists of a chancel, aisled and clerestoried nave with south porch, and a west tower with a short spire. The tower dates from the 15th century, and the present spire replaced an older one in 1972. The basin of the font is 12th century.
  In 1522 Francis Hasilden, Lord of the Manor of Guilden Morden, was buried in the north aisle "before Jesus's Altar" in a tomb which cost his estate £20 sterling.
caption: St Mary's Church
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