MARLBOROUGH has two parish churches at either end of its broad High Street. St Peter's in the west and St Mary's behind the town hall, arose from Saxon communities which grew together to form the town.

A third parish church, St George's at Preshute in the former village of Manton, became a part of Marlborough in the late 19th century.

Parts of St Mary's possibly date from as early as 1091. In the 13th century the Norman church was enlarged and in the 15th century was completely rebuilt.

Cannon shot of the Civil War battle in the town in 1642 and the Great Fire of 1653 have both marked the stonework.

St Peter's dates from1460. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was ordained in St Peter's in 1498 and later became Chancellor of the Kingdom.

Eglantyne Jeb, who founded the Save the Children Fund, taught at St Peter's School, now the town library, and would have worshipped in St Peter's.

A number of chapels, including Congregational and United Reformed Church, amalgamated in the 1970s to become Christchurch in New Road.

The Roman Catholic church of St Thomas More in George Lane first occupied a wartime Nissen Hut on the site of the former George pub and the present church was built in 1959.