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A 12th century rural church situated on farmland in the heart of Norfolk.

St Mary's is one of the cradles of English Christianity, built on the site of a wooden Saxon monastery founded in 654 by St Cedd of LIndisfarne (who is buried here).

Set above the beautiful Chess Valley in an area beloved by walkers, this mid 19th century church was largely designed by the famous Victorian architect, George Gilbert Scott, and has striking early 20th century wall paintings on its chancel arch.

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

All Saints is a warm and friendly old church.

Welcome to our beautiful church which dates back to Saxon times.

Famously described by Sir John Betjeman as the ‘least spoilt church in Cornwall’, the building dates back to the late 15th century, with fragments of an earlier 14th century church incorporated into the current structure.

There has been a church dedicated to St Stephen on the site since the 10th century and St Stephen's has been the main area of commerce and religion since the time of William the Conqueror.

Town and church are world famous for their beauty and that there is a breathing space of countryside beyond the church adds to the pleasure of the setting.

The present church was built in 1857 to 58 and only a single buttress and short stretch of wall are left from its medieval predecessor (some fifty or so yards to the southwest).