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The church is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. A church of some kind has stood here on this site for over 1,000 years.

Built in 1908, features stunning Accrington brick in stretcher bond, sandstone dressings, and a graduated Cumbrian slate roof with red ridge tiles, all in the elegant Arts & Crafts Perpendicular style.

Georgian and was built out of limestone in 1754, the church is widely regarded as one of the smallest complete churches in England with a nave just 21ft long, the tiny apsidal chancel gives some idea of the scale.

The church was built as a mission church for the small community of New Leake, but has now replaced the churches of Midville and Eastville and serves those villages as well.

Fantastic carved figures from Tudor times.

The present church and burial vault were built for Richard (the 4th Earl Scarbrough 1725-82) in the classical style around 1775 and is believed to have been designed by Lancelot Capability Brown the great 18th century landscape architect.

St Giles, situated in the tiniest of hamlets, is the birthplace of Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207-1228 and a central figure in the drafting and signing of Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede.

Wragby Methodist Church celebrated its centenary in 1994, but is the third chapel on this site.