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With a population of barely 40 people, the village of Teigh (pronounced like 'tea') has an appropriately small but most unusual church.

Opened in 1905, the church is famous for its 1966 carvings at the top of the pillars by the sculptor Witold Gracjan Kawalec, representing Work, Peace, Mercy, Hope, Life, Guidance, Humility, Justice, Grace and Music.

Two unusual 17th century monuments should be enough to encourage a trip to this remote village adjacent to the borders of Huntingdonshire.

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.