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It is thought that the church originated no later than the 9th century, and possibly as early as the 7th century, although there is no mention of the church in the Domesday Book.

The church was founded in 1894 to serve the growing and close-knit population in the area, serving the people who worked in the local industries, which included coal mining, the gas works, the brickworks and the BICC (British Insulated Callender Cables).

St Martin's, designed by George Bodley and completed in 1863, is famous in the area and features excellent examples of preRaphaelite stained glass.

Dedicated to St Chad, who died in AD 672, and listed in the Domesday Book, the outline of the present building dates from the 14th century.

Medieval parish church reordered in the late Victorian period in a high Anglo Catholic tradition.

St Laurence is the parish church for Winslow, an ancient market town in Buckinghamshire.

Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, owned most of Shropshire, and it was he who founded this Benedictine abbey in 1083, he is said to have been buried here when he died in 1094.

A unique example of a small Victorian church built to a bespoke design and set in beautiful gardens.