St James

In the north part of the churchyard there is the Georgian Squires monument dated 1780. Over 20ft high it was erected to the memory and vanity of a local man, William Squires. It is adorned with figures representing life, death, time, faith, hope and charity, as well as a stone globe of the world. 

To the left of the path there are three gravestones within an iron fence. They are memorials to members of the Zborowski family. Count Eliot Zborowski was a Polish count living in Kent; a motor racing enthusiast who died in a race in Nice in 1903. His son Louis built monster racing cars, which he called Chitty Bang Bang (the car which inspired the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). He also died in a motor race in 1927.

The church has a simple beauty with its round Norman arches, each carved differently. Stone gargoyles also support the roof. At the west end of the church is a good example of an early English archway and an old narrow simple stained glass window. The church also has a fine stone font, about 600 years old with carvings around the base of the bowl of people including priests and monks. The roof dates from the late medieval period and features beautifully carved wooden bosses in the form of angels playing either wind or string instruments. 

At the east end of the north side is one of two picture windows. This stained glass window depicts the healing of lepers marking the link between the church and the remains of the nearby Leper Hospital. The church also looks after the 'leper head' which is a medieval carving which archaeologists suspect is from the Leper hospital and depicts a noseless leper with marks for the nostrils.