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The Grade I church is set back behind cottages in a little close of its own.

A small Benedictine priory stood here in the year 900 AD and the chancel area of the present church is thought to be the site of its chapel.

Cawston's enormous cruciform church has treasures that are well worth travelling for.

Fine example of early medieval church restored by Hussey in 19th century following a disastrous fire.

The New Room in Bristol is the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world (originally built in 1739) and the cradle of the early Methodist movement.

The churchyard has something of the character of a village green because of the array of cottages that overlook it, including Margaret Cottages, once the parish workhouse.

This Roman Catholic church was built in 1847 to 48 by Augustus Welby Pugin in 14th century Gothic style.

A small 13th century church.

When it opened its doors in 1904 it was declared to be ‘a church built by miners for the miners’.

The Church is striking for its vast scale and interior height, it retains good quality late 19th century fittings and also retains a Caen stone Gothic high altar and reredos along with panelled stone communion rails with iron gates in situ.

Designed by London architects JER and CP Cutts, the building contains work by Sir Ninian Comper, Martin Travers and Sir William Milner & Romilly Craze.

St Nicholas has been at the centre of the community of Thorne for around 1000 years, remains found in the area show that Thorne became a settlement in Anglo Saxon times.