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There has been a church on this site since the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) and it is the only one noted in the Domesday Book as being in the ‘vast and ancient territory of Hallamshire’.

St Mary's is a Grade I listed building from the 1300s with many unusual features and history written across the walls, home to a welcoming church family of over 100 people with young families and older folk worshipping and growing together.

Why not come and wander, imagining how grand this priory once was from its walls, still laid out in local sandstone.

 The first records of the church indicate it was rebuilt some time after 1066 by the Lord of the Manor, William Paganel, who gave it, with other possessions of his, to Drax Priory in the time of Archbishop Thurstan (1119–1140).

A bold and individual example of the popular Early Christian/Byzantine style of Catholic church building.

A charming 18th century wayside Wesleyan chapel established by Revd James Buckley (of 'The Revd James' ale fame) and Revd James Gill, later missionary to Gibraltar.

St Matthew's is a handsome church with a tall spire, the history of which can be traced back to 1378.

St Stephens welcomes all, situated in the oldest part of the village.

An old estate church rooted in village history.

St Thomas is built in the Early English architectural style.

With a history reaching to the dawn of Christianity in Craven, this magnificent building tells a thousand year story with mediaeval piety and Tudor jerry building.

St Saviour's was built in 1662 reusing stone from a ruined chapel at nearby Ingleby, and is built in such a convincing style that from the outside only an expert could tell the true date.