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A thousand year old wall carving, a 17th century Fox’s Book of Martyrs hidden within its walls, 14th century Crusader crosses and a 15th century skull from the the War of the Roses.

Daresbury and its church are most well known because of the connection with Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, world famous as Lewis Carroll, who was born here in 1832 and baptised in the church.

Set in the lovely creekside village of Ruan Lanihorne the church, dedicated to the Celtic Saint Rumon, has been the centre of Christian life in the village and surrounding countryside for over 1000 years.

This Grade I listed Gothic masterpiece is Pugin's model church and it embodies the principles he followed throughout his career.

Reputed birthplace of Wales’s patron saint in uplifting location.

The church is Saxon/Norman in origin with a very interesting history and as we see it today is a very long low structure combing the nave and the chancel with no side aisles.

The nave of the church dates from 1130 when Roger de Busli of Tickhill was Lord of the Manor, the village takes its name from Ralph Salvain, a knight who lived here in 1284.

A Grade II listed church described by Pevsner as having the ‘usual west tower with eight pinnacles’.

Family friendly and lively church.

Queen Victoria worshipped in the church as a child when on holiday, the east window is a memorial to her and the clock was installed to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee.

A sacred place of pilgrimage and worship set on a spectacular Pembrokeshire peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic upon the site of an earlier 6th century monastery built by St David, the patron saint of Wales.

The chapel is a very attractive but simple building built in 1728.