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In the heart of the village where King John built his castle and PG Wodehouse’s aunt was the Vicar’s wife, stands the Norman church of St Mary.

Pleasing mid 19th century village church.

John Hughes, the famous Methodist minister, preached and lived at the chapel until his death in 1854.

St Wilfrid’s is a beautiful and ancient building dating mostly from the 13th century.

The church of St Mary the Virgin is mainly 13th and 14th century on Anglo Saxon foundations, with Victorian restoration after a devastating fire in 1840.

The church dates from Saxon times and stands at the centre of the village as it has done for centuries.

A Grade II* listed building with a Grade II War Memorial.

This Grade II listed church sits amongst mature trees with some historic gravestones, and as a result of a fire in 1985 the interior was reordered and transformed.

The church was founded in 1894 to serve the growing and close-knit population in the area, serving the people who worked in the local industries, which included coal mining, the gas works, the brickworks and the BICC (British Insulated Callender Cables).

A gracious church in a lovely orchard setting by the River Lugg.

We are pleased to welcome you to this Grade II listed chapel only five minutes walk from the site of the Ironage Hillfort on Wincobank Hill.