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A village church in the centre of the community.

The church was built by the 2nd Viscount Halifax, keen to inspire the local community and encourage their spiritual wellbeing.

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Dating from Norman times, our church will give you a sense of the history of the area whose name derives from ‘Anastan’ a solitary stone and is known to have had prehistoric settlements in the area.

A rare attractive example of an inland canal port, it became important after the opening of the Trent and Mersey canal in 1777 and quickly developed into the largest inland canal port in the country.

A church founded by St Tydecho in the 6th century after his arrival in the area from Cornwall.

The nave of the church dates from 1130 when Roger de Busli of Tickhill was Lord of the Manor, the village takes its name from Ralph Salvain, a knight who lived here in 1284.

The Meeting House is probably the oldest non-conformist place of worship anywhere.

The story of St Helen's is very much tied to the story of the ruined castle just to the south as both castle and church were built in the 1470s by Lord Hastings.