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Thomas Bewick 1753-1828. He was educated in the vicarage and the church, and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary. One of Bewick's woodcuts is entitled the Dyers of Ovingham.
The Church of ST Mary the Virgin has a tall slender Anglo-Saxon tower. There are fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross in the church, which was much enlarged in the 13th century – wider, loftier and with long lancet windows. The nave with aisles is only two bays long, as the north and south transepts, each with a west aisle, take up the space of two more bays. There is a long chancel with very little ornament. The churchyard has a number of gravestones in memory of prominent villagers.
In the porch is a stone slab commemorating Thomas Bewick who is buried in the churchyard, next to the tower. There are fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross in the church, which was much enlarged in the 13th century – wider, loftier and with long lancet windows. The nave with aisles is only two bays long, as the north and south transepts, each with a west aisle, take up the space of two more bays. There is a long chancel with very little ornament. The churchyard has a number of gravestones in memory of prominent villagers. In
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