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Regarded as one of England's 1000 best churches, St Michael & All Angels is easily overlooked but visitors would do well to stop and enjoy the remarkable peace of this thin place in the heart of Swaledale.

On a site of Christian worship for over a thousand years, the present building (1724) was rebuilt after an altercation in 1646 between the King's men and the Parliamentarians.

This peaceful country church can lay claim to a historic link with the scholar and theologian John Wycliffe, who became its Rector in 1361.

The earliest mention of a church on this site is in Domesday where it is listed as belonging to the Bishop of Bayeux.

All Saints is a beautiful, much loved parish church with a medieval churchyard cross stump.

St Cuthbert’s is a small church with Norman features, a striking 12th century tower and arches, fascinating glass, memorials and evidence of early wall paintings.

A truly outstanding example of early Gothic architecture which was once one of the greatest monasteries in England and the inspiration for the design of church buildings throughout the north.

Built in 1818, an ambitious pioneer work by the architect William Brooks built in neo Gothic style, with the only window by esteemed glass painter Joseph Backler known to have survived.