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St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell is a 12th-century Anglican parish church in the village of Stanwell, Surrey. It contains monuments to Lord and Lady Knyvett. It has Norman and Gothic architectural elements including a 14th-century spire.
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Parish
Stanwell parish is the west of the former county of Middlesex. The parish was 3,934 acres (a little over 6 square miles) in 1930. Around the parish are the town of Staines, the river Colne, and Hounslow Heath. A church was endowed at Stanwell in 1204; a vicarage existed by 1254. In 1415 the advowson (patronage) of the parish was acquired by Chertsey Abbey, but returned to the Crown in 1537 with the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII.
Church
Stanwell's 12th century church of St Mary the Virgin has Norman and Gothic architectural elements including a 14th-century spire.
The church contains monuments to Lord and Lady Knyvett.