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A simple village church in an ancient elevated churchyard, in a stunning setting with views up the valley and to the surrounding hills.

The ownership of lands in Ockholte, Latinised Acolta, is recorded in various deeds from 1197 onwards.

The church is in the former stores and maltings of Acresford Brewery, and because of its history and uniqueness in being located in a row of terraced cottages it is a Methodist Heritage Site.

Sir Walter Chetwynd of Ingestre Hall, the 17th century politician and antiquary, was a friend of Sir Christopher Wren and a fellow member of the Royal Society.

A Norman church largely rebuilt in the 14th century and has a Norman font with intertwined monsters, fish and seemingly incongruously a cross.

It is believed that there has been a church on this site since the 9th century or even earlier, St Mary Magdalene stands at the end of a spur of high ground, which reaches out northwards towards the River Thames.

The parish church of Chingford, built in 1844 and extended in 1903, Listed Grade II*.

A charming rural Pilgrim Church set in an isolated location in the hills above the Tanat Valley.

The Miners' Church.