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St Mary's church is the oldest parish church in Stockport.

The church celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2017, and is a Grade II listed building.

The Grade I church is set back behind cottages in a little close of its own.

Its tall, sturdy looking 14th century tower is one of the oldest features of this church, which incorporates a mix of differing styles.

This is a priory church, presented soon after 1100 to the Benedictine Abbey of Lonlay, near Falaise in Normandy, but later reclaimed by Henry V. It was later given to Eton College by Henry VI.

The 15th century St Mary's stands on a hilltop at the centre of a very beautiful village in Suffolk as a magnificent landmark in architectural splendour.

The church did have substantial Saxon elements until 1866 and some of the Saxon and later work can still be seen inside, it is the features inside which draw visitors to the church.

In 1722 a fine early Georgian church was erected to the design of Thomas Eayre of Kettering (1691-1757), surveyor, clock maker, and bell founder (the bells here are by him as well).

A place of tranquillity and beauty.

Modest and unassuming from the outside, Stoke Orchard's little church has many features showing its origins in about 1170.

The churchyard here is famously said to have inspired Thomas Gray to write his Elegy in a Country Churchyard in 1750, and he is buried close to the east wall of the church.

St Mary's is built of the local, golden Ham stone, and has features from the 12th century to the 20th.