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Set in a large churchyard in quiet countryside inland from the sea, Upper Sheringham's church has features from both the 14th and 15th centuries.

A church which the medieval nuns of the priory of St Mary shared with the townspeople.

The tall Saxon tower of St Mary's was not always at the west end of the church as the original nave was dismantled in the late Norman period and the Norman chancel became the nave, with a new chancel added in the late 13th century.

Visit a busy church at the very heart of its community.

For a combination of ancient church and classic Cotswold village, Bibury is hard to beat.

The chapel opened in 1847, designed by John Langdon.

The chapel is idyllically sited overlooking the Toadmoor Valley, the site is made more poignant by the run of identically sized memorial crosses which mark the graves of Bertha and Katherine and a number of local Catholic priests, monks and laymen and women.

The exterior of St Mary's successfully blends elegant Perpendicular lines with rustic stone, partly fieldstone and partly a type of deep golden green sand known as carstone, which came from a nearby quarry known as The Butts.

Gothic masterpiece became a Romantic symbol of the sublime.

Started around 1330, nestling in the pretty village of Northill, St Mary's is a delightful Bedfordshire church, well worth a visit.

In the heart of Markham village, the chapel is the last place of worship in the village.