St Mary's Church, Meare

The Church of St Mary in Meare, Somerset, England, was formerly in the keeping of Glastonbury Abbey, and dates from 1323.

It was built for Abbot Adam of Sodbury, and is a Grade I listed building.

[1] There is a legend that the church was built on the site of a cell of the monk Saint Beonna (also Benen or Beon), who was later confused with Benignus of Armagh,[2] between the 5th and 9th centuries.

[3] The current chancel and tower date from the building's construction in 1323 when it was consecrated by John Droxford, the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

The church has a 15th-century stone pulpit, wooden chest from 1705 and candelabra from 1777.