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There was probably a church on this hilltop overlooking the River Exe in late Saxon times, but the first stone church was erected shortly after the Norman Conquest and consecrated in 1073.

Elmstead is little more than a group of farms clustered round their church on the North Downs.

For centuries this building, the Cathedral of the Sea, has watched, listened and helped the people of Portsmouth navigate the passage of time. It has witnessed war and peace, famous marriages, been bombed and rebuilt and remains a building of greatness and simple enduring beauty.

Since 1461, the broad street of this busy little town and much of the countryside around has looked up to the elegant pinnacled tower of St Mildred's.

St Margaret's dates from 1250 and in years gone by its prominent position and high tower has made it a landmark for shipping in Bideford Bay.

A very fine Grade I listed church built around 1370 in water meadows, it was originally moated.

The church was built in 1956.