St David

There is modern window to celebrate the Millennium and a peal of 6 bells which are still rung regularly for services.

The site of St David's as a place of Christian worship probably dates from Saxon times, but the tower of the present building from the 14th century.

The tower is built of local sandstone and has four gargoyles on each corner. It contains a peal of six bells, one of which is 14th century, another 17th century, three cast in 1870 and the most recent one was installed in 2005.

The nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1870 and interior refurbished under the guidance of the renowned Victorian architech Frederick Preedy. A leaflet describing other Preedy churches in the area is available at the church. Preedy is responsible for the beautiful east window as well as other windows, for the carved pulpit and font, for ironwork and for the painted zinc reredos panels, which were re-installed in 2007 after being found in the tower.

There are four Art Nouveau candelabras dating from before 1919, and three Art Deco lantern heaters from the 1930s, now used as candelabras for the aisle in the nave. A war memorial is found on the north wall of the nave.

The churchyard is a nature conservation area and contains a variety of insects, reptiles and wildflowers, including beautiful displays of snowdrops,wild daffodils and primroses in early Spring. The churchyard also contains the base of a 14th century preaching cross and has a circular perimeter wall, indicating that it is several hundred years old. There are two war graves in the churchyard. Another grave of interest is that of Anthony Hall (died 1947, who, in the 1930s became quite well known because of his claims to be 11th in line to the English throne. He issued his own £1 bank notes and called for George V, the king at the time, to leave Buckingham Palace.