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The church stands next to Over Compton House, the home of the Goodden family.

A gem of a meeting house.

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.

St Mary's is built of the local, golden Ham stone, and has features from the 12th century to the 20th.

A charming tiny Somerset village church which has been the centre of worship for the hamlet for over a thousand years.

The church was built in 1747, with later work in the 19th century.

This church is well known because of its associations with the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth, who lived in nearby Dove Cottage and is buried in the churchyard.

In the centre of the town, just to the east of the site of what was once an important castle, and close to the River Nene, this church has a long and complex history, all reflected in its unusual internal arrangements.

St Mary's has been an important religious site since the 8th century.