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St Thomas a Becket church is reputed to have been erected in the early 13th century as part of the penance of one of the murderers of Becket in 1170 and possibly stands on the site of an earlier Saxon church.

The ancient parish church is closely bound to village history.

Tal y llyn sits in a huge churchyard which throws into relief its diminutive scale.

The church of St Mary in Abbeycwmhir was built in 1865 by Mary Beatrice Philips, sister of the squire.

The church lies in a quiet location amidst fields and woodland on the edge of the small Lakeland village of Underbarrow.

A church built with unpaid ransom money.

St Mary’s church building is striking, it has a square tower with a peal of six bells and dates back to the 12th century.

An imposing late Victorian intrigue of grandeur and simplicity on one site.

Small but perfectly formed country church with recently installed three stop organ, Carillion keyboard for the bells and a tradition of Shakespeare plays refracted in stained glass.

St Helen’s is a 14th century church (Grade II* listed) at the centre of the small village of Plungar in the Vale of Belvoir.

Garrison church to Norton Barracks and the Worcestershire Regiment the church underwent major restoration and rebuilding by W J Hopkins and Ewan Christian in 1875/76.

From the 13th century, established under the Abbey of Winchcombe, to the current day, the church has been and still is the centre of the community in Great Alne.