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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.

This village church in its impressive and beautiful rural setting is always open and it is the focal point of the village and has been significant in the lives of local people since first established in the 12th century.

Alone in the fens between Bardeny and Wragby, this humble church has been used for worship for almost 150 years.

The ruins of St Mary’s stand on a low rise nearly a kilometre north east of the village of Colston Bassett.

A modest temporary structure adapted from an agricultural use. It has an intimate charm.

The church has close associations with Bardney Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 697 by King Ethelred of Mercia.

A Methodist Society was formed in Bardney as early as 1788, 44 years after John Wesley's first conference.

Towering over the town of Barmouth is the cathedral sized church of St John the Evangelist, primarily funded and furnished by the Perrins family of Lea & Perrins Worcester sauce, it is well worth the climb up the hill to visit.