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This splendid church is one of the greatest to be found in Oxfordshire.

St Mary’s is both an historic and active church that plays a major role in the life of the Long Crendon community.

St Julitta's dates back to Norman times and nestles peacefully in a river valley set in an ancient landscape.

On a sloping site in a wildflower speckled churchyard, Loxley's church has a battlemented tower that dates back to the 13th century.

‘Standing amidst its beautiful ‘God’s Acre’ where the memorials of the sleeping dead relieve the beautiful sylvan nature of the scene, and amidst typical Worcestershire scenery, few churches can boast of such lovely attributes of beauty' : Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Weekly Messenger, August 1895.

It is believed that the present building has its origins in 12th century but there was probably an earlier Anglo Saxon or even Celtic church, for the boundary of the original churchyard forms an almost perfect circle, a feature shared with many churches of known Celtic origin.

The land on which the church is built is said to have been a holy site since Saxon times, the earliest evidence of a church building on the site is from the 13th century.

All Saints dates mainly from early 14th century, with many interesting architectural features and links to historic events, within a beautiful village setting.

St Breward is a Cornish parish high up on the western edge of Bodmin Moor with some of the highest ground in Cornwall.

A pleasant hour's walk above the River Teme leads from Ludlow to St Mary's, which began life as a Norman priory church and still shares its riverside setting with the old Priory Gatehouse.