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St Nicholas has been at the centre of the community of Thorne for around 1000 years, remains found in the area show that Thorne became a settlement in Anglo Saxon times.

Little is known about the early history of the church.

The name Barnack is synonymous with a particularly fine building stone. and it was used in hundreds of buildings in this area and much further afield, transported by boat on the Welland, Nene and other rivers.

There has been a Christian church on this site since at least 633 AD, as recorded by the Veneral Bede who mentioned that there was a church and a priest during the time of the Battle of Hatfield in that same year.

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.

St Peter’s is a simple, but beautiful building at least 900 years old! It has the great attraction of being a quiet village church in the countryside although it is so close to Hull.

St Andrew’s serves a village of approximately 1200 people. It is a well loved and well used building, with a very active congregation.

The church is Victorian and was built by the 10th Duke of St Albans for use by his family, estate workers and the villagers.

This Wiggenhall is on the banks of the Great Ouse, taking in the fenland landscape and huge skies from the bridges over the river and the parallel drain.

The church was built with money from a grant from the Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund.

St Luke’s is a small village church built of brown ironstone and has a heavily weathered appearance.

A Puritan church.