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A picturesque tiny church which the locals call 'The Little House on the Prairie' church.

The church was designed by Vernon Royle, who was much influenced by Sir Basil Spence’s three churches in Coventry.

The earliest church in Bakewell dates from Anglo Saxon times, but there were probably Christians here long before then, very likely they were among the Roman settlers from the 2nd century onwards.

The Noel family of Exton Park, Earls of Gainsborough, have held the manor here since the 17th century, the church has some of the finest church monuments in any parish church in the country.

There has been a church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Brentwood since the 13th century, and we are very much at the heart of the community.

A church at Holme Pierrepont, dedicated to St Edmund is first mentioned in the year 1201, it was rebuilt in 1666 and restored in 1878-1881.

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

The Cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Brentwood, as well as being the home of the vibrant Cathedral Parish here in Brentwood.

Situated on rising ground, the church is a spacious cruciform stone building.

Built in 1958 by the architects Broadhead and Royle who wrote ‘the style stems from the early Christian columned halls of the 4th century but cannot be honestly placed in any historical style other than mid 20th century'.

The church was consecrated in 1892 to replace the defunct and derelict St Mary’s.

The church is significant to the community as it stands at the heart of Gatley village overlooking and next to the village green and civic war memorial.