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During the early 19th century the population of Doncaster increased markedly and in 1827 an Act of Parliament was passed enabling the erection of Christ Church as a new parish church.

The church is a good example of the work of George Edmund Street, the famous 19th century architect.

The limestone parish church, which is dedicated to St George & St Lawrence, dates from the 11th century and restored in 1865. It is believed to be the only parish church in England to be dedicated jointly to these two saints.

It is known that the church occupies the same site as the Roman fort of Danum.

By 1816 a brick shed on the site had been converted for use as a mortuary chapel and when the graveyard was enlarged in 1871 it was replaced by the small brick building which we see today.

A grade II listed Victorian mission church built in 1846 with the vestry added in 1895, it was badly damaged by an earthquake in 2008 and story of the rebuild is told in photographs in the church.

Marr featured in the Domesday survey of 1086. Seventy Roman coins were recently found in the area which provide evidence of the boundary line which Marr formed at the Roman Rickneild Street.

A place of continuous worship since the early half of the 13th century.

Light filled simplicity.

A church at Llandegfan was recorded in 1254, probably where St Tegfan had established a cell in the 6th century.

The inside arcades are 13th century and both are of four bays with low double chamfered arches.