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St Helen’s sits proud in the centre of this modest Lincolnshire village but in the nearby hills and fields lies a wealth of history including bronze age barrows and Roman roads.

A parish church with an Anglo Saxon tower.

A lovely Lincolnshire church with a spectacular font, possibly one of the best examples of Early English work in the county.

It is believed that St Wilfrid's history goes right back to its foundation by St Wilfrid of Ripon before 700AD.

Dating back to the 12th century, the magnificent monastic church that survived the dissolution of this Benedictine Abbey.

So small in fact it doesn’t appear on some of the larger scale maps, the brick church of St Peter sits peacefully on the hillside of this rural hamlet.

The port of Harwich is a must see destination for history lovers as it is the place where the Mayflower ship is believed to have been built and where its captain, Christopher Jones lived and was twice wed at St Nicholas church, which was rebuilt 1821.

The church holds the old standard and roll of honour of 101 Bomber Squadron based at RAF Ludford, the squadron that suffered the highest number of casualties of any squadron during WWII.

Discover our fascinating church and its surrounding literary landscape with connections to the Brontes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; what might St. Oswald’s inspire in you?

The present church was built in red brick with greenstone and slate in 1857 by Maugham and Fowler and replaced the original chalk and thatch building.