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The church is the early 12th century and the subterranean charnel chapel houses one of only two remaining in situ medieval ossuaries (collections of human bones) in England.

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

St Mary’s church stands on the site of much older places of worship, the first documented place of worship here was established by Sir Robert de Rockley in 1412 as a private chantry chapel.

By 1816 a brick shed on the site had been converted for use as a mortuary chapel and when the graveyard was enlarged in 1871 it was replaced by the small brick building which we see today.

A good example of a working class chapel; built by mining families in the 1860s, beautiful in its simplicity.

The church of St Andrew was built in 1794 to replace earlier buildings on the site.

Fantastic carved figures from Tudor times.

Wortley is a small village between Sheffield and Huddersfield, and the imposing parish church in the centre of the village serves what is essentially a rural community.