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This amazing building is the surviving part of a Benedictine priory that was established here early in the 12th century as an offshoot of the great Norman abbey of Lessay in France, but it soon became independent.

From the churchyard there is a beautiful view over the little Glem Valley to the hall, seat of the Poleys (pronounced Pooley).

The Grade I church is Early English and Decorated.

A church has existed on this site since Saxon times, but the oldest part of the present building dates from 1144.

Old Kirk Braddan houses several Celtic and Norse crosses from the period 800-1265.

Bradford Cathedral is a hidden jewel waiting to be discovered, set in tranquil gardens we are Bradford’s oldest place of worship and house the story of the city.

The church was built in 1841 by George Manners of Bath.

The church is Norman with Perpendicular additions.

Bradford on Avon was an important religious centre in Saxon times and St Laurence church is an ancient building, thought to be one of the most complete Saxon buildings still in existence.

Some of the earliest evidence of habitation here comes from fragments of Roman settlements and discoveries from archaeological digs have revealed the remains of a large Roman Villa decorated with well preserved mosaic on the playing grounds of St Laurence School.

The church was built in the Decorated style in1864/65, by WJ Hopkins.

Reaching St Peter's is a small adventure, leaving the modern world behind as you gets closer to the sea.