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Standing forlorn, with only a farm for company, St Michaels is a precious little building.

Dedicated to St Margaret, this grade II* listed church has been constructed of greenstone, limestone and red brick to create a wonderful patchwork effect that catches the light beautifully in the setting sun.

For more than 1000 years a building has stood on this spot, Saxons and Normans, Tudors and Elizabethans, Victorians and even us today have left their mark on it.

Built of local greenstone, the church of St Helen is a Grade II listed church originating in the 12th century.

A pretty rural church situated on the banks of the River Trent, with a fine, original Norman arch and Maltese Crosses denoting its connection with the Knights Hospitallers.

Light filled simplicity.

Marr featured in the Domesday survey of 1086. Seventy Roman coins were recently found in the area which provide evidence of the boundary line which Marr formed at the Roman Rickneild Street.

This lovely church, a shrine of great antiquity, hallowed by over 900 years of prayer and praise, is possibly one of the oldest churches in South Yorkshire.

You will find St Mary's Claxby on a back lane with glorious views north across the Wolds towards Nettleton Top.

This was the first Cistercian foundation in England since the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century.

Although there is mention of a church in Barnby Dun in the Domesday Book, the present building is mainly 14th century, although the tower is 13th century.

The earliest reference to a church is from 1141 although it is probable that one existed here well before the Norman Conquest.