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Another Grade I church, it was primarily built by John Stokys whose brass and that of his wife of 1498 are to be found in the north aisle.

Having started as a mission church in 1890, the current permanent church, designed by William Leah, was built in 1938.

A parish church built over 1000 years.

The church is of 1850 save for the good 14th century tower, south porch and chancel arch.

The church is set slightly above the meadows of the River Ebble.

This will be the first church that many people visit when exploring the beautiful and aptly named Golden Valley.

The picture postcard village of Lacock is indelibly linked with the pioneering photographer William Henry Fox Talbot, whose family home was Lacock Abbey.

Bacton church has the nationally important Blanche Parry memorial, a beautiful copy of the priceless Bacton Altar Cloth, the only surviving piece from the Queen Elizabeth I dresses.

A Victorian country church completed in 1856, built in Bath stone in the English Gothic style and set in the centre o the village, this was the first church to be designed by the architect Frederick Bodley, a student of Sir George Gilbert Scott.

So often with Herefordshire churches setting plays a huge part in the impact of the building.

Close to the book town of Hay on Wye, St Mary’s has some original Norman features including the blocked up ‘devils door’ in the north wall.