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At the side of an unclassified road deep in the Golden Valley is a building that for all the world looks like an old barn.In actual fact, it’s a 12th

Deep in the Black Mountains is an ancient oval churchyard. It encloses a sandstone rubble church that has clung to the slope for over 800 years. A sundial by the

The Grand Western Canal flows past the silvered oak door.Sheep chew up the churchyard, often butting open the door to see what’s inside...Salmon pink walls, a stripey screen stencilled with

Saltfleetby church was built on a salt marsh.The landscape is melancholic.Long straight roads, drainage ditches, desultory farmsteads, big medieval churches. Flat land with empty horizons.It all points to a long-lost

Nestling on the edge of the Thames is this little bargees’ church.To reach it, you must cross the vast Dorney Common, dodging cattle and catching glimpses of Windsor Castle.The setting

On a frosty morning in January 1757, Richard Rhoades was baptised at Sutterby church.That same day his mother was buried there.Thirteen years later Richard’s father died, leaving two young boys

More than fifteen million people pass St Andrew’s, Wood Walton every year.The East Coast Main Line rattles past twenty times a day, just two hundred yards from the church tower.Standing

On a cliff-top overlooking a rocky bay, St David was born in the midst of a thunderstorm.His mother gripped a boulder in agony. Her fingers gouged the stone.As David entered

Off a layby on the A483, you'll find a sunken churchyard.Walk down the avenue of sentinel yews and you'll discover the little church of St Anno.From the outside, it’s not

Nobody knows how old the chapel in the woods is.Nestled among ferns and mosses, behind oaks and maples, it has a numinous presence.In 1994, some render fell off the south

In 1850, St Peters, Wickham Bishops found itself on the wrong side of the tracks. Literally.With the arrival of the railway, villagers migrated eastwards.The ancient church fell into disuse. Out

For most of us, the skull and crossbones represents danger. Pirates or poison usually...So why do you find them all over churches?To unravel the symbol, we need to go to