Stow Parish Church (or Minster) (Stow)

 church, minster (church), Medieval / Middle Ages, Grade I Listed (UK)

The Minster Church of St Mary, Stow in Lindsey, is a major Anglo-Saxon church in Lincolnshire and is one of the largest and oldest parish church buildings in England. It has been claimed that the Minster originally served as the cathedral church of the diocese of Lindsey, founded in the 7th century and is sometimes referred to as the "Mother Church of Lincolnshire".
Stow Parish Church is one of the largest and oldest in England. It was, at first, Cathedral of the ancient diocese of Lindsey. Destroyed by Danish invaders, the church was refounded in 1054 and became part of an abbey toward the end of the 11th Century, reverting to being a parish church within five years.
A Grade I listed building.
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The church has both Saxon (the tallest Saxon arches in Europe) and Norman/Romanesque features and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stow has been included in the World Monuments Fund's 2006 list of the world's 100 most endangered sites.

Other features of the church include Viking graffiti, a font of Early English design (the architectural style succeeding Norman/Romanesque) and medieval wall paintings.