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First mentioned in 1037 by Archbishop Aethelnoth and containing what is debatably the earliest image of St Thomas Becket this fine Norman/Saxon church with Butterfield updates is one of the five Jane Austen churches and sits picturesquely next to the River Stour.

The name Elsecar is thought to mean ‘Elsi’s marsh’. Elsi was a Saxon lord who owned land here and ‘car’ is an old word for low, swampy ground.

A Christian place of worship for well over 1000 years, with monastic foundations prior to 1066, All Saints Silkstone is well worth discovery.

A traditional Methodist church in the heart of the Pennines with warm hospitality and spectacular views.

The village was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ‘Ferlei’ or ‘Fereleia’ which is thought to mean either ‘lea of the ferns’ or ‘the far lea’.

St Leonard’s is a very interesting old church with Saxon origins dating back to 900AD as well as a number of periods of construction that can be seen in its walls, including signs of a Norman apse.

Still Norman in feel despite Victorian restoration in 1876, Burmarsh church is entered through a Norman doorway over which is carved a face that looks anything but friendly.

‘Few churches in South Yorkshire contain more that may delay and interest the curious inquirer than this country chapel’. so the great historian Joseph Hunter wrote in 1831.

Welcome to St Bartholomew's, believed to be one of the oldest sites of Christian worship in Rotherham.

Beautifully set in a valley landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century, the most striking feature of this Cistercian abbey is the eastern end of its church, built in the new Gothic style c1170.

This quaint 13th century church stands at the heart of the historic parish of Ordsall and is visible over the river Idle for a scenic stroll and view.

This gem of a church dates from the 18th century.