Patrixbourne - St. Mary

Patrixbourne is just 5 km from Canterbury. In the Domesday Book Patrixbourne was just like Barfrestone held by Bishop Odo, but it was transferred finally to Merton Priory - until the Reformation.

The parish church dates from the late Norman period. It is just like St. Nicholas in Barfrestone built of flint and Caen Stone imported from France - and it looks like the same artists or at least the same workshop created the carvings.

There is a large Gothic carving.

The Adoration of the Magi and the Last Supper fill the lower row. The upper row contains the Kiss of Judas, the Flagellation, the Condemnation by Pilate, the Carrying of the Cross and in the centre the Crucifixion