Church Of St Mary

The Church of St. Mary in Burnham Deepdale is a parish church with origins dating back to the 11th century. It features a round tower from the 11th century, a north door from the 12th century, and a 14th-century interior, with late 19th-century exterior details and a north vestry. The church is constructed of flint with 19th-century stone dressings, and it has tiled roofs for the nave and aisles, along with a leaded roof for the tower.

The west round tower has a base that steps up to a slightly narrower upper stage, with four round-headed openings on the west face, single round-headed slits on the north and south sides, and an east face that includes an arched opening to the nave, which may be a later addition, featuring a copper triangular-headed opening. The exterior details and tracery are part of late 19th-century restorations.

Inside, the church has a three-bay north arcade from the 14th century, supported by octagonal piers with bases and capitals, and double hollow chamfered arches. The chancel arch is decorated, and there is an important 12th-century font, re-erected on solid 19th-century piers. The font is rectangular and made of stone, featuring the labors of the twelve months of the year on three sides, with friezes displaying bars and foliage. Figures depicted under arches include a man with a drinking horn for January, a seated figure warming himself for February, a man digging for March, a man pruning for April, a figure either beating bounds at Rogationtide or the Risen Christ with a banner for May, a figure weeding for June, a man mowing for July, a figure binding a sheaf for August, a figure threshing for September, a figure grinding corn for October, a pig killing for November, and four seated figures feasting at a table for December. The fourth side features three Trees of Life.

Restorations took place in 1875 and 1898, which included arched braced roofs for the nave and chancel. Rood figures were added in 1932 by Sir Waller Tapper. The east window is a High Victorian stained glass window from 1873, and there are good 15th-century glass fragments collected in the porch, as well as in the north and south windows, the tower west window, the north aisle west window, a square squint by the pulpit, and the north vestry east window.