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St Mary the Virgin Church, Langley
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St Mary the Virgin Church, Langley is located in Berkshire
St Mary the Virgin Church, Langley
St Mary the Virgin Church, Langley
Location in Berkshire
51°30′21″N 0°33′12″W / 51.505732°N 0.553447°W / 51.505732; -0.553447
Location Langley
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website http://langleymarish.com/stmary/
History
Founded c.1150
Dedication St Mary
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade I
Administration
Diocese Oxford

St Mary the Virgin Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Langley in the borough of Slough and the county of Berkshire in England. It is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and is in the diocese of Oxford. The church dates from about 1150 and is a Grade I listed building

The church houses the Kedermister Library, given by Sir John Kedermister (or Kederminster), who also endowed the surviving almshouses of 1617 in the village.

The churchyard is the resting place of Charles Morice (1775–1815), who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo and of the celebrated British war artist Paul Nash (1889–1946).

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