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

Waltham Abbey was founded in 1030 in what was then a thickly forested part of what we now call Epping Forest, it was rebuilt 1060 by Harold II, and it was here that his body was brought after the Battle of Hastings.

Open every day, St Thomas is steeped in history, built as a chapel for Cliffe the dedication to St Thomas a Becket suggests the chapel was founded in the late 12th century.

A vast church with an explosive history.

This is one of those extraordinarily atmospheric churches that escaped the Victorian improvers.

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

St Mary's is unusual in that is has two main parts, the older is a typically 15th century village church dating from 1228 and the later is the new 20th century nave and sanctuary.

The church began with the faith of one man, Alderman Manton.

The historic parish of Gwynfe itself has remained an agricultural area accessed only by narrow country roads.

The village of Myddfai is built around the churchyard of St Michael's.