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In 1132, 13 monks came here to start a simpler life.

A Grade II listed building, with features from the original 1710 building.

A Puritan church.

A Saxon church with a rood screen linked to Thornton Abbey, the church has been the centre of village life for nearly 1000 years and is home to a family of bats and several swarms of honey bees.

It is believed that Holy Trinity is one of the 'four voices of four hamlets round... the merry, merry bells of Yule' found within the poem 'In Memorium AHH' by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Holy Trinity has Saxon origins but the current building was built in the 11th and 12th centuries. In 1859 the church was extensively altered by Victorian architect James Fowler.

The church is in the centre of the village, surrounded by beautiful grounds which include a small Garden of Remembrance.

During the 1950s and 1960s the Catholic population expanded, creating a need for new churches.

In 1334 John de Harrington founded a chantry in this place, whereby the chaplain and his assistant were enabled to support themselves and pray daily for the souls of their founder and his family.

Always open to visitors, St Martin's is a peaceful, numinous church where people come to meditate and be refreshed.

A little brick built Anglican church standing by the side of a quiet country lane.

The exterior of St Mary's successfully blends elegant Perpendicular lines with rustic stone, partly fieldstone and partly a type of deep golden green sand known as carstone, which came from a nearby quarry known as The Butts.

This Grade 1 church is noted for its late 13th century Decorated work, described by Betjeman as an architectural gem.