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Back at the beginning of the 20th century, Sunday worship took place in a small wooden hut, not far from the church’s current site.

St Mary’s is a much loved medieval church known for its unique detached belfry, set in well kept grounds in Herefordshire’s 'jewel in the crown' of black and white villages.

St Mary’s church dates from Saxon times, has an exquisite reredos and altar rail, and is one of the 33 Suffolk churches with a round tower.

A gorgeous former abbey church established in 979AD.

From 1938 the church has had an association with the RAF and was a chapel for the School of Air Warfare until closure in 1974.

St Mary’s church gleams a golden hue in the setting sunlight which takes your breath away, even without its once high spire it dominates the village scape and stands out above everything else in the Steeple Ashton vale.

The first Roman Catholic priest appointed in Denaby Main was Father Kavanagh in 1894. Services took place in a disused schoolroom near the railway.

The first church of All Saints was consecrated by the Archbishop of York in 1900.

Brookenby church was created out of the former unmarried sergeants accommodation and consists of worship area, two meeting rooms, kitchen and library.

Built in the 1850s within part of the county jail, the building was rearranged internally in 1990 to create a light filled sanctuary upstairs and community premises downstairs.

With its stark white walls and impressive high dome the outside of this building tempts visitors to explore further.

St Mary is a fine example of a church overseeing a traditional rural Wold village, the village has high hills around it and a sparkling stream beginning its journey which ends with the marsh and sea.