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St Mary's is in a most attractive setting in the Windrush valley near Burford.

Christ Church is a grade II* listed church, built in 1851 to a design by George Gilbert Scott.

Opening only ten days after the declaration of the Second World War, Immanuel is not strictly a historic church; but it retains all the hallmarks of 1930s non conformist architecture and design from the art deco to the post war modern.

St Mary's is a fragment of a priory of Cistercian nuns built in the late 12th century.

The church contains several interesting memorials to the Alington family, of nearby Swinhope Hall, who for many generations have been associated with the parish.

A small country kirk with a long history in rural Scottish Borders country.

The first place of worship in Swinton was a Norman chapel of ease to Wath church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.

This 1000 year old Pilgrims church situated adjacent to the Ridgeway Path in a valley surrounded by fields of sheep and in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a haven of peace and continuity.

Although there is some evidence of a chapel having existed at the end of the 12th century, the earliest definite reference is of a licence is dated 1425.

Set in a conservation village the church, built in 1160, remains one of the finest examples of a Norman church still in use in Scotland.

Remains from the church’s early life and history can be seen just inside the church, there are fragments from a Saxon cross, an ancient gravestone with scissor markings, as well as remains from a Norman arch and some ancient stained glass from the medieval church.

Described as one of the prettiest and best proportioned churches of the Peak, it stands proud in a small hillside village and one of the highest villages in England.