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St James & St Paul
Marton, Cheshire | SK11 9HE
With a founding date of 1343, Marton's church just pips Lower Peover to the post to make it possibly the oldest timber framed church of its kind in Europe.
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Marton, Cheshire | SK11 9HE
With a founding date of 1343, Marton's church just pips Lower Peover to the post to make it possibly the oldest timber framed church of its kind in Europe.
Caythorpe, Lincolnshire | NG32 3DU
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Gosberton, Lincolnshire | PE11 4EW
A medieval church in the heart of the Lincolnshire countryside.
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Bakewell, Derbyshire | DE45 1FD
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.
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Barnby in the Willows, Nottinghamshire | NG24 2SA
The earliest mention of a church on this site is in Domesday where it is listed as belonging to the Bishop of Bayeux.
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Llanelidan, Denbighshire | LL15 2PT
Lying within a quiet lost valley, this is a fine old building constructed in the classic Vale of Clwyd twin nave style, a place of peace.
Silk Willoughby, Lincolnshire | NG34 8PD
800 years old, small and beautiful.
West Walton, Norfolk | PE14 7ET
Before it became surrounded by a sea of modern housing and other developments, the impact of West Walton's huge detached tower in this flat landscape must have been genuinely awe inspiring.
Littlebourne, Kent | CT3 1UA
Set in a large and leafy churchyard, this attractive flint built church dates from the 13th century, thought to be founded by the monks of St Augustines' Abbey in Canterbury who may have used Littlebourne as a vineyard.
Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire | NG22 8RU
The church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch stands on a rise above the village, with recorded evidence of a moat and with the former large parsonage house and manor house in close proximity.
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Pleasley, Derbyshire | NG19 7DT
Built in about 1150, St Michael's church is a simple single aisled building displaying a Norman chancel arch and a later 14th century tower.
Gawsworth, Cheshire | SK11 9RJ
On entering the church stand for a moment and take in the excellent proportions of the building with its limestone nave built in 1430 and the chancel and tower of pink sandstone, constructed in 1480.