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The church was completed in May 1864, the north aisle was added around 1890.

Widely said to be Derbyshire's finest parish church, and a contender for one of the best churches in England, St Oswald's is splendid both inside and out.

The story of St Helen's is very much tied to the story of the ruined castle just to the south as both castle and church were built in the 1470s by Lord Hastings.

Ashby is a remote hamlet and its medieval church of St Andrew is approached across a farmyard. The churchyard affords fabulous views across the Wolds.

The church of the Catesby family, whose manor is famous for the Gunpowder Plot Room where the conspirators formulated their plan, and where Robert Catesby and Thomas Percy were supposedly felled by a single shot here.

St Paul’s church, Ashford Hill is an elegant Victorian gothic church with a spire whose foundations were laid in October 1844.

A warm and genuine welcome awaits everyone in this beautiful house of prayer in the heart of Ashford.

The first mention of a place of worship in Ashford is given in a record in the reign of King Edward I, dated 1293 and granting a dispensation of taxes during the time of the Crusades.