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Built by the Wrighte family in the 1720s in the style of a Georgian Reception Hall to match the development of Gayhurst Manor.

Whilst it is probable that a wooden Saxon church existed on the site of the present church, we can say for certain that in the 11th and 12th centuries there was a Norman church, built of clunch and rubble intermixed with Roman tiles.

St Esprit is a grade ll* listed church that was substantially rebuild in the 1890s, one of the more unusual features is the wall mounted zinc plates that are around the church.

St Alban's is a Catholic, Grade II* listed church, designed in 1838 by renowned Victorian architect AW Pugin, that hides a magnificent interior with many significant original features.

An impressive plain but interesting church dating from early 14th century built on a knoll overlooking the small village.

In a tiny hamlet tucked away among Norfolk's lanes and fields, St Mary's is a church of distinction and beauty.

See the unique large late Medieval wall painting of the life of St Christopher pre and post conversion in this gem of a round tower church standing in wild flower rich churchyards.

It is thought that there was a church on this site before the Norman Conquest as the Domesday Book mentions a St Michael's Church in the east of the ancient parish of Manchester.

Delightful limestone church dating from the 13th century and quite possibly replacing a wooden Saxon church which existed on the site when the Domesday Book was written in 1086.

The early history of church life in Hampsthwaite is far from clear and is to some extent based on supposition.