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12th century village church with a rare 15th century rood canopy and one of the oldest pulpits in the country.

In the bustling mountain gateway to Snowdonia, St Mary's continues the tradition of a 'prayer house in the wood' (betws y coed).

The present church was built in 1881 on the site of a chapel, Capel Mair, which dated from Norman times.

The churchyard here is famously said to have inspired Thomas Gray to write his Elegy in a Country Churchyard in 1750, and he is buried close to the east wall of the church.

A Grade II* listed building with a Grade II War Memorial.

One of two built locally by John Dickinson, the papermaker, in 1849, the other is St Mary's only a mile or so away in Apsley.

Cromwell, a small village of around 200 inhabitants, lies to the west of the Trent about five miles north of Newark.

This magnificent 19th century building, designed by George Frederick Bodley, is hugely significant in the northwest and is known locally as the 'Miners Cathedral'.

The church with magnificent views of Snowdonia and Cardigan Bay.

Rare classical beauty (built in 1784 by John Carr of York) behind gilded 19th century gates and surrounded by woods on the edge of the village.

Step back in time at this unique and beautiful village church, almost certainly built in Anglo Saxon times, during the early 11th century and this building forms the nave of the current church.

The church stands high on the hillside above the Avon meadows.