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Light and airy village church.

St James, dating from the 12th century, is situated beside the river Soar at one of the most southerly points in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Fairy tale church almost lost forever under the waves of Rutland Water.

The antiquarian sixth Baron Monson visited this church in September 1828 and found two Monson monuments within this 'very neat, small edifice'.

This unusual and rather lovely church gets its character from an eclectic mix of work from the 12th, 15th and 20th centuries.

The parish church was built in the 13th century of local limestone, but most of what we can see today is the result of a comprehensive rebuilding in 1865 by architect James Fowler of Louth.

The architect responsible for the design of St John the Evangelist was Major Rohde Hawkins.

An early English building (c1160) with naval and military memorials, including a VC.

The tall Saxon tower of St Mary's was not always at the west end of the church as the original nave was dismantled in the late Norman period and the Norman chancel became the nave, with a new chancel added in the late 13th century.

An exceptionally fine church, St Mary’s bears witness to two substantial investments in its history.

The Stapleton Chantry Chapel, begun in 1299 at the behest of Miles de Stapleton, (killed with two sons at Bannockburn in 1314, was built with exceptionally fine craftsmanship.

Originally consisting of a chancel and nave, the church dates back to the end of the 12th century and is dedicated to St. Wilfrid, as are so many other churches in the Trent Valley.