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St Stephen's Church

The body of the church has gone, but R J Johnson’s soaring tower and spire still grace the skyline west of Newcastle…

St Stephen's Church

Sited attractively on a wooded hillside above the Calder Valley, this neo-Gothic church was built in 1861-65 for woollen mill workers and faces the model village built by Col. Edward Akroyd for his factory employees…

St Stephen's Church

Likened to an old mariner gazing out to sea, St Stephen’s stands majestically on the hillside between Whitby and Ravenscar, overlooking Robin Hood’s Bay. Built in 1821, its appearance can be severe but the church resonates with the history of a resilient North Sea fishing community…

St Swithun's Church

The saddleback tower of this church is visible from the main road behind Brookthorpe Court. It is mainly 13th century although the north aisle is Victorian…

St Thomas' Church

This austere Georgian church is perched on a hillside overlooking Delph. St Thomas was built in 1765 by the local community who named it Heights Chapel…

St Thomas' Church

This simple little church, with pre-Norman origins, stands in an idyllic spot beside a water meadow next to the River Lambourn…

St Thomas' Church

A 12th-century church, with two exceptional honey-coloured Norman arcades in the nave with delicately carved capitals…

St Werburgh's Church

Dr Samuel Johnson married his wife Elizabeth Tetty Porter here in 1735…

St Werburgh's Church

The ancient church of St Werburgh is 1,000 years old and is still a secluded place of peace despite its closeness to the M6, the Manchester Ship Canal and the industrial north-west…

St Wilfrid's Church

This church presents an almost entirely 15th-century Perpendicular appearance from the outside…