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Rebuilt on the site of the medieval church, which was destroyed by a bomb on the night of 8th/9th May 1941, St Michael’s is built of concrete with Ancaster stone facings outside.

Prettily situated in a wooded hollow near to Ginge brook, a little altered 14th century decorated church, with medieval encaustic tiles, and pew ends, also Jacobean woodwork.

It is thought that a wooden church may have existed in Aldbourne as early as the 7th or 8th century and the Domesday Book (1086) records that the church held two hides of land, sufficient for two plough teams, to provide for the church and priest.

Thousands of people come here every year to see the grave of poet Dylan Thomas, marked by a simple white cross.

The church owes its grandeur to the fact that the town was, and still is, part of the Duchy of Lancaster.

The core of the present church, one of the best surviving Anglo Saxon buildings in West Yorkshire, was built about 1200 years ago, and much remains of the tall narrow Saxon nave and tower.

Clifton Hampden church is an architectural gem, standing as it does with its fine spire on a hill beside the River Thames at the heart of a beautiful village.

St Mary & All Saints is one of the finest structures in Northamptonshire and its royal connections provide much interest for every visitor.

12th century church with Victorian and medieval wall paintings, War Memorial window by Karl Parsons, norman and fomanesque features, Tudor Monument to Sir John Newton and seven Hunky Punks.

Lambourn's large and imposing church dates from about 1180, although there may well have been a church here since at least the time of King Alfred.