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On a gentle hill in the village of Eyam in Derbyshire’s beautiful Peak District, Eyam is noted for the historical reality of the plague in 1665-66.

The outstanding feature of the church is the stunning murals in the chancel painted in 1904-5 by the Edinburgh artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.

A hauntingly romantic landmark for sailors.

The church was founded in 1894 to serve the growing and close-knit population in the area, serving the people who worked in the local industries, which included coal mining, the gas works, the brickworks and the BICC (British Insulated Callender Cables).

All Saints is a 13th century church restored in 1779 and 1878, it is built of soft stone which in places has eroded to show fossilised remains.

Inspired by the German churches of the 1930s, Grade I listed St Monica’s church is an impressive brick structure with a green glaze pantile roof.

Although the first reference to a church here is from the early 12th century the oldest parts of the church date from the 13th century.

Why not visit the majestic, 14th century church of Saint John the Baptist (The Cathedral of the Peak )in Tideswell, Derbyshire?

The church is built on the site of a Saxon place of worship, of which little remains, there is a priests door in the south wall with a preNorman tympanum which is probably the oldest part of the church.

The nave of the church dates from 1130 when Roger de Busli of Tickhill was Lord of the Manor, the village takes its name from Ralph Salvain, a knight who lived here in 1284.

The church sits in a hollow amidst the rolling hills of the Wolds situated between Bigby and Grasby.