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A little country church with some surprising monuments, set in a 'Celtic' oval embanked churchyard.

St Helen's overshadows St Nicolas at Abingdon in the same way that the town's old abbey church must have overshadowed St Helen's in its day.

The Grade I church is mainly Victorianised Perpendicular.

Essentially, St Mary's is a building of the 13th century, though the tower and the great arches supporting it are 14th century, inserted into the earlier building.

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

Set in a beautiful peaceful churchyard with views over to the Chilterns, St Peter's is a surprisingly large church for a small village, and features the main architectural styles from 1200 to 1500, together with a wealth of details including stained glass by some of the best designers between 1850 and 2000.

One of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090, Castle Acre Priory was home to the first Cluniac order of monks in England and the Cluniac love of decoration is still evident in the ruins.

A medieval church standing in the centre of a pleasant and welcoming village only 7 miles from Cambridge.

This building is renowned as one of the most beautiful Roman Catholic churches in England.

With its origins as a Saxon chapel, the church we see today with its 12th century cancel, is constructed of one building inside another, joined only at the windows.