St Mary's Church, Old Town — Attraction in St Mary's

St Mary's is an Isle, a church in Hugh Town, and a church in Old Town. This church in Old Town existed in the 12thC, but what you see today is a restoration from 1890 of a rebuild from 1830. Whereas the church has been replaced for worship by a better placed church in Hugh Town the church in Old Town has few restrictions on space for burials. Its old cemetery is full. Its extension run by the Council is active today. The cemetery with its ancient stone cattle grid, monuments to its prominent residents, and to those seafarers "committed to the deep" is the most significant, for the Isles. The bay setting, almost on the beach is wonderfull. It's the past you...

Lord Wilson buried here. Beautiful little church, full of birdsong, tranquil and peaceful. Set beside a rugged bay, nestled in a very well kept graveyard. Many locals have family buried here. Like most churches in Scilly, the door is open and you are welcome to enter. I sat for quite some time just enjoying the solitude far from the...

Vibrant experience of quietness mixed with distressing thoughts emanating from the past and from upsetting events like sailors lost at sea. The bell is ready to ring the tocsin and the deceased have a tremendous view. But I don’t think this Horatio Nelson is the one of Trafalgar (died 1805) as the dates...