Nothing is known of a Saxon church but the Church mentioned in Doomesday would have been St. Marys.  The only visible part of the Norman Church is the West Door. 

During the Civil War Marlboroughs defending Parliamentarian force took refuge in the Church and bullet marks can be seen on the North side of the Tower.  When the Tower was repaired in 1884 bullets were found in the frame work of the bells.  In the disastrous fire of 1653 the roof and interior were burnt out and most of the Church had to be demolished and a new Church built in its place.  A corbel on the South porch which can just be recognised as a weathered outline of a cat commemorates  the devotion of a Church going cat who saved her kittens from a fire in the Church.

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!

I hereby declare that the loyal bell-ringers
at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin,
Marlborough, Wiltshire, did ring a special peal
of one hundred changes of "Queens "
in honour of your Majesty's 100th birthday
on Friday, August 4th 2000

The members taking part included the Worshipful
the Mayor of Marlborough, Cllr. Maurice Cooper,
and Town Crier and Beadle, Alfred Johnson.


The ringing was conducted by the tower captain, Donald Lee.

God save the Queen

The Ringers
Maurive Marulli De Barletta - Andrea Barratt
James Buckly - Bryan Castle - Maurice Cooper
Wendy Furey - Alfred Johnson - Donald Lee
Peter Nancarrow - Rex Sandbach - Sue Titman