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St James stands as a gateway to the village of Burton Lazars, which it has served since the 11th century.

Medieval church with spectacular angel hammerbeam roof, significant pieces of stained glass, historic stones, and gorgeous views.

We would love to welcome you into our beautiful building, where we serve God and community with passion and pride.

The greatness of St James lies in its fine proportion, inventive and varied details, with an interior that is an exercise in chaste simplicity, beauty is in the traceried windows, reredos and Morris & Company window.

The earliest reference to a church at Carburton is in a 12th century document.

The church of the Catesby family, whose manor is famous for the Gunpowder Plot Room where the conspirators formulated their plan, and where Robert Catesby and Thomas Percy were supposedly felled by a single shot here.

Dating from Norman times, our church will give you a sense of the history of the area whose name derives from ‘Anastan’ a solitary stone and is known to have had prehistoric settlements in the area.

Lying within a quiet lost valley, this is a fine old building constructed in the classic Vale of Clwyd twin nave style, a place of peace.

A place of peace and sanctuary just off the Offa's Dyke and ideal rest stop for the weary to refresh both body and soul.