An avenue of trees

Gwennap, St Wenappa

This important Grade 1 church stands at the upper end of a lush and beautiful graveyard which slopes from south to north. A short distance above the church to the south is a detached bell tower, rebuilt in the fifteenth century.

Exterior of a small church, seen through trees, a square tower, low, with clock.

Great Sampford, St Michael

The church of St Michael is the focal point of its village

Church exterior, square tower with clock, turreted nave, large porch, flint. Behind flint wall. War memorial

Great Chishill, St Swithin

The church of St Swithin’s Gt Chishill is listed Grade 2

church interior showing font and pews

Fyfield, St Nicholas

St Nicholas Fyfield is a medieval church, listed Grade II*, part of the Upper Kennet Benefice. It stands on the southern edge of the small village.

A square flint tower with a clock

Elmdon, St Nicholas

The beautiful church of St Nicholas, Elmdon, is listed Grade II*. The late medieval tower is a local landmark and the church is the dominant feature of the local conservation area.

Cleaning Workshop- Comberton 2020

Comberton, St Mary’s

St Mary Comberton is a fine medieval church

Image shows a historic effigy within a church

Colmworth, St Denys

St Denys Colmworth is a fine church with important furnishings

The exterior of a pale yellow stone church with extremely large perpendicular windows and a low, flint tower

Coggeshall, St Peter ad Vincula

The magnificent and imposing St Peter ad Vincula (‘St Peter in chains’, a rare dedication) in Coggeshall, Essex, is one of a group of great churches built following the success of the early wool-trade in the East Anglia area. It is Grade I listed.

A long grey church with a low tower, taken from the graveyard

Chrishall, Holy Trinity

Chrishall is said to be the first place in Essex where Christianity took hold: in the Domesday Book the name of the village is stated as ‘Cristehalla’, meaning the home of Christ.

The exterior of a small, sunlight red brick church with a square tower

Chignal Smealy, St Nicholas

The church of St Nicholas stands in the village of Chignal Smealy, in a small churchyard. It was built in the early sixteenth century, and is notable for having been originally constructed of red brick.