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Bowness parish church, dedicated to St Michael, has a long and interesting history. The first Rector recorded was in 1265, though it is thought there must have been a church on the present site for around 900 years, as the font dates back to Norman times. Sited in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, adjacent to the hidden gem of the Solway Firth, St Michael's Church offers the visitor a peaceful space for reflection, together with many points of historical interest.

On the 15th century tower is a unique, one handed clock, painted direct onto the stonework. It is 16.5 feet in diameter and the hand is 9 feet long. There is a chapel dedicated to the memory of airmen who lost their lives on operations from nearby RAF Coningsby.

The abbey is a spectacular sight, perched on a rocky hill and surrounded by blue waters. At low tide, the Mount is approached by a historic stone causeway, used by pilgrims in the Middle Ages. The battlemented chapel is lovely and is still a place of pilgrimage. Behind the altar are three 15th century alabaster panels that were crafted in Nottingham. The west end of the church contains a fine 15th century rose window with early 20th century glass.

A church has stood on this site, a small hill above Hawkshead, for over 800 years. The present church was built around 1490 (parts of the tower are older) and has been little changed since the late 16th century. Grade 1 listed, it is one of the finest examples of a late mediaeval, vernacular Lake District church. It has literary connections with Wordsworth and was also the home the home of Archbishop Sandys in the 16th century.

St Michael's church is a Grade I listed building, one of only 24 in the New Forest. Simon Jenkins makes it one of England's Thousand Best Churches: 'the masterpeice of William White... The interior is astonishing... a treasure house of preRaphaelite artworks'.

The church is attached to the seat of the Dukes of Beaufort, Badminton House and was built in 1785 by Charles Evans, in the style of St Martin in the Fields in miniature, but with a plain west tower.

The church of St Michael & All Angels is situated on a hill in the ancient parish of Arthuret and overlooks the market town of Longtown with fine views of the surrounding countryside.

Known as the 'cathedral of the back streets', the church is famous for its magnificent stained glass windows; by William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox-Brown, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Philip Webb, Kempe & Tower. Simon Jenkins, ‘England's Thousand Best Churches' places it within the foremost one hundred.

It is thought that there was a church on this site before the Norman Conquest as the Domesday Book mentions a St Michael's Church in the east of the ancient parish of Manchester.

On the edge of the Goldings estate just north of Hertford. It was designed by Henry Woodyer and built 1871-72. The interior is a treasure house of Morris glass designed by a variety of preRaphaelite artists, Powell mosaics and some fine 20th century glass by Christopher Whall, Karl Parsons and Douglas Strachan.