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In a high, coastal location and originally whitewashed, the church has been a beacon for pilgrims travelling from the east and west on the pilgrim way for at least 800 years and is still a sanctuary for visitors, walkers, cyclists and nature lovers enjoying the peace of the countryside.

With an imposing 13th and 14th century tower topped by a stone spire and corner pinnacles, Tilney's church stands out in its Marshland setting.

The Society of Friends emerged in the 1650s, a time of great religious turmoil.

On the 15th century tower is a unique, one handed clock, painted direct onto the stonework, 16.5 feet in diameter and the hand is 9 feet long.

Denby was a Danish settlement dating back to the 9th century and mentioned in the Domesday Book.

The translation of the place name Llanfairfechan is little church of St Mary.

The church is a ‘noble edifice in the early English style of Gothic architecture’from which the view is beautiful, over Worsbrough reservoir to Wortley, Stainborough Park and Worsbrough Park.

The name 'Fiskerton' means Fisherman's town and Fiskerton was both a fishing and farming village until the drainage of the Witham Fens after 1782.

Looking out over the River Blackwater, St Mary's is a very attractive church in an attractive setting, and is Maldon's most distinctive landmark.