St Peter & St Paul

The church comprises of a chancel, north vestry, nave, north and south aisles, south porch with a basement under and a west tower.

The nave and aisles retain their 15th century roofs with wooden angels holding shields marking the Stations of the Cross. The pews are 19th century with interesting poppy heads at each end. There are two fonts, one is 14th century and is chamfered square with shafts at the angles, the other, (currently in use) is octagonal with carved panels and polychrome marble shafts. The floor is part medieval quarry tiles except where the reordering has taken place.

Either side of the high altar on the east wall there are two boards of painted etched metal listing the Ten Commandments. There is a small squint window on the north side of the Lady Chapel allowing a view of the high altar. The tower contains six bells (augmented from five in 2000) which are run regularly each Sunday and for weddings etc. The new ringing chamber is accessed from the balcony which was installed during the reordering.

In the graveyard is the grave of Captain William Swabey who was wounded at the Battle of Vittoria but went on to fight at the Battle of Waterloo before emigrating to Prince Edward Island. There is also the grave of George Washington’s (the first president of the USA) niece and anumber of war graves form both World Wars.