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A 12th century church retaining its full integrity, setting and atmosphere within a small hamlet on the edge of the Cotswolds, and the home and burial place of renowned conservationists and authors Tom and Sonia Rolt.

Delightful limestone church dating from the 13th century and quite possibly replacing a wooden Saxon church which existed on the site when the Domesday Book was written in 1086.

The Cathedral welcomes everyone who passes through, if you are visiting as a tourist, come to offer your personal prayers and light a candle, or interested in history, architecture or stained glass windows.

A good vantage point from which to enjoy the setting of this church is the bridge over the Great Ouse.

Preston, the priests farm, was also known formerly as Preston juxta Northampton and Preston Juxta Piddington, it is first referred to in the Domesday Book (1086) as Prestone.

Nearly 1,000 years old.

The church which lies adjacent to the House but which it antedates by some 400 years, must have been used by the Bishops of Coventry whose seat this was before the advent of the Comptons in the 16th century.

At first glance the church at Denton might look medieval but in fact all of it, apart from the 13th century tower, was rebuilt in 1827/28 by Charles Squirhill.

Built between 1327 and 1377 during the reign of Edward III, the stone carvings high on the walls of the chancel commemorate this fact as Edward looks across from the south side at his wife, Queen Phillipa, on the north.

The first chapel on this site was a meeting room in a building also used as a pub called The Plough, which stood here in the 17th century.

St Mary's has occupied this site for over 900 years, although we are uncertain of the date of consecration.