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The parish church of St Mary's lies at the centre of the village where it has stood on its present site for over eight hundred years.

A romantic church that stands alone, shorn of its former medieval village, looking out across the Capability Brown landscape of 1760’s toward Fawsley Hall, the seat of the Knightley family and now a country hotel.

It is believed that the present building has its origins in 12th century but there was probably an earlier Anglo Saxon or even Celtic church, for the boundary of the original churchyard forms an almost perfect circle, a feature shared with many churches of known Celtic origin.

The recorded history of the church begins in 1120 when Swein, son of Ailric granted the 'church at Hoderode' into the control of the monks at Nostell Priory.

This is a building to delight all those visitors who enjoy church architecture purely for its own sake.

St Michael & All Angels is set in a conservation area and provides a tranquil place to pause, reflect and feel refreshed.

Small but perfectly formed country church with recently installed three stop organ, Carillion keyboard for the bells and a tradition of Shakespeare plays refracted in stained glass.

Wheatley Lane Methodist Church is situated in the Pendleside area of Lancashire.

A beautiful Arts & Crafts church built in 1931.

The tall, graceful spire is visible for miles around, it was used by sailors and others returning by boat along the river Great Ouse to the port of St Ives as a welcoming landmark, and it may even have had a lit beacon to aid their way.

This whitewashed church was built in 1643 in the shape of a Greek cross, having four arms of equal length.

The ancient, 1170 AD, and beautiful parish church of Ferring is open every day.