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The circular shape of the original churchyard boundary here indicates the site was used for Christian worship before the present church was built.

This unusual and rather lovely church gets its character from an eclectic mix of work from the 12th, 15th and 20th centuries.

The church is nationally famous for its Ascension Day 'Well Dressing' ceremony when the senior pupils from the Bisley Blue Coat School dress the wells in thanksgiving for the well restoration in 1863.

St John's began life as a Norman church, of which the central tower and west wall, with its typical Norman door, remain.

Some buildings seem to be ageless, one is the church of St Tydfil.

The first known reference to the village is in 1070 as Stantona, an enclosed settlement of stoney ground.

Originally the site of a schoolroom, a chancel was added and opened for worship in 1864 with an adjacent burial ground consecrated in 1866.

A church is mentioned in Lydney in 852, the present church was founded in the 12th century.

Grade II Briston church sits at the heart of a working agricultural village and houses the iconic iron cello made by a 18th century local blacksmith to accompany services.

St Mary's is in a most attractive setting in the Windrush valley near Burford.

Designed by GF Bodley and dedicated in 1862, All Saints is of major importance as his first collaboration with William Morris.