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A delightful example of a small Victorian rural church.

St Lawrence's; a place of peace, for worship, prayer and contemplation.

Though erected in the 13th century, the present structure is believed to occupy a Saxon site, as it is recorded that Edwine, a Northumbrian chief who became a monk, died in 801 and was buried in the monastery of Gainford in the church.

A traditional sandstone Victorian Methodist Church and attached School Room restored in 2021 as a vibrant worship and community space.

The exterior of St Mary's successfully blends elegant Perpendicular lines with rustic stone, partly fieldstone and partly a type of deep golden green sand known as carstone, which came from a nearby quarry known as The Butts.