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A beautiful Norman church, partly medieval including tower with belfry windows and three bells dating from 1687.

This lovely church is 12th century, the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as Austin.

One of the few remaining monastic churches in Leicestershire.

In 1845, the Reverend Patrick Bronté, father of the famous novelist sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte, appointed the curate the Revd Joseph Brett Grant to take charge of the newly formed Ecclesiastical district now known as Oxenhope.

The chapel was designed by Basil Champneys as the parish church of St Peter le Bailey and dates from 1874.

Christ Church College in Oxford is unique in having the only college chapel that is also a cathedral, founded as a convent by St Frideswide in the 8th century, but the oldest parts of the church date from the 12th century, when it was place of pilgrimage.

When William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, founded New College at the end of the 14th century, he placed the service of God at the heart of college life.