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This is one of England's most celebrated parish churches, and for many church enthusiasts it is one of, if not the, best in the whole country.

The Bolsover Colliery Company gave the site and £3,000 for the building of this miners’church, in red brick, which was dedicated in 1928.

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.

St Wilfrid’s is a 13th century church in Early English style and has carvings from the 12th century.

The church was consecrated in 1892 to replace the defunct and derelict St Mary’s.

The church is mentioned in Domesday Book.

The ruins of St Mary’s stand on a low rise nearly a kilometre north east of the village of Colston Bassett.

Only the west tower from the medieval 15th century church survives, the rest was built in 1739 by Rhodes of Barlborough and 1839 by Colvin.

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.

Ghosts of old landscapes can be detected here: to the north of Leverington is a track called 'Roman Bank'.