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Although there is mention of a church in Barnby Dun in the Domesday Book, the present building is mainly 14th century, although the tower is 13th century.

Visitors to Holy Rood are often caught quite unawares by their first sight of the interior where a wealth of brick, marble and wood, convey a sense of splendour and dignity, in direct contrast to the exterior which is plain and almost unadorned.

It is not known when Oundle School was founded but it was reendowed in 1556 by William Laxton, Master of The Grocers Company and Lord Mayor of London.

The church was built in 1825, with seating for 350 people, a schoolroom and classrooms that were opened later, in 1852. It was built as an impressive town centre Congregational Chapel.

The adjectives used to describe this church are consistently beautiful and elegant, and so it is.

St Mary & St Peter is situation east of main village on a high mound; a very peaceful location, of particular note are the Stations of the Cross which are mounted on the walls around the church.

Set in a leafy churchyard in a quiet part of Spalding, this handsome stone church has a fascinatingly complex exterior with numerous elements added at different periods.

In the 1930s Arthur Mee realised that there were very few communities that had not suffered military fatalities in the First World War. He coined the term ‘Thankful villages’ to describe them and Minting is one such village.

St Mary's is the civic church of Barnsley and provides a place of worship, peace and quiet in the town centre.