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A carefully designed and little altered Gothic Revival church by Peter Paul Pugin, in a town with associations with two Catholic martyrs.

The first documentary evidence for the existence of Bugbrooke is the Domesday Book of 1086, although there is no reference to there being a church then.

Built to the orders of one man, Anthony Catesby (1500-1554) of the significant Northamptonshire Catholic family whose main seat was at Ashby St Ledger and were later famous for their involvement in the Gunpowder Plot.

A Moravian congregation was established at Leominster in 1750 with the church being built in 1759, consecrated in 1751 and has served the neighbouring community ever since.

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

A large Norman church dating from 11th century, the church has an unusual external, round access tower to bell chamber.

The church was built, destroyed and rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries and was seat to renowned bishops Thomas Percy and Jeremy Taylor in their time.

A simple, quiet and friendly village church dating from the 13 century, standing in a wildlife friendly churchyard.

St Mary's is a friendly, welcoming church with real people and community roots.

It will be primarily the late 19th and 20th century stained glass that will draw you to this small medieval church at the centre of this handsome ironstone village.