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This church doesn’t give away its secrets easily, but with a bit of detective work there is so much to discover!

A fashion parade of effigies.

A church was first established on this site in the aftermath of the Dissolution of the Monasteries when Cartmel Priory was dissolved as part of the Henrician Reformation and a chapel was built on the present site using materials from Cartmel around 1537.

The ramblers church.

The church of St Mary the Virgin sits right at the heart of the Kirkby Lonsdale community; as well as it being a place of regular worship it is a significant visitor attraction and runs many art and cultural events.

All Saints, was originally built in the 12th and 13th century, when the population of the Wolds was considerably greater.

The core of the present church, one of the best surviving Anglo Saxon buildings in West Yorkshire, was built about 1200 years ago, and much remains of the tall narrow Saxon nave and tower.

A fine medieval church with extensive 19th century restorations.

The first view one has of the village is that of the tower of the greenstone church of St Margaret with its dominating red clock. Created in 1787 by horologist Edmund Howard, the long drop clock is truly a remarkable piece of engineering.

This Grade I listed Gothic masterpiece is Pugin's model church and it embodies the principles he followed throughout his career.

High Toynton is a ‘doubly thankful’ village, it is one of only 14 churches in the UK where all the men came back from both World Wars.

It is believed that St Wilfrid's history goes right back to its foundation by St Wilfrid of Ripon before 700AD.