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St Mary's has occupied this site for over 900 years, although we are uncertain of the date of consecration. Originally built as a chapel of ease to the Priory (now Cathedral), the Norman pillar and grant from the Town Council in the 12th century for the offering of Mass, testify to its early foundation.

The present St Mary's was opened in 1895, but a medieval stone and tile in the porch are clues to the parish's much longer story. Cuddington is believed to mean ‘Cuda's farm'. Cuda was perhaps an Anglo-Saxon who founded a settlement in today's Nonsuch Park. The first church was built of wood, before the Norman Conquest. It was replaced with a stone church around 1100, rebuilt around 1250; this medieval church stood until 1538.

A romantic church that stands alone, shorn of its former medieval village, looking out across the Capability Brown landscape of 1760's toward Fawsley Hall, the seat of the Knightley family and now a country hotel.

The present church is largely Victorian and is located at the highest point in the town. The spire predates the rest of the church. The church is the Garrison Church of the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Regimental Colours hang in the nave.

St Mary's has stood here for at least 800 years. The name Eccles itself is derived from a primitive Welsh word borrowed from the Latin meaning 'a church'.

St Mary the Virgin, Lowgate, Hull, is an ancient church dating back to the early 14th century, although it is believed a chapel may have existed on the same site before this. The parish now includes the many and various offices, businesses and residences located in the Old Town of Kingston upon Hull.

A thrilling experience: Sir Ninian Comper's masterpiece built between 1908 and 1930. It is a free essay in the gothic style fearlessly mixed with classical appropriations.

The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin was built in the mid 14th century when the stone bridge replaced a wooden one. The original stonework can be seen at the base, although the upper part, including the west front, was rebuilt in 1847-8.

Though very close to Tunbridge Wells, Speldhurst has a pleasing village like feel and the Victorian gothic church fits in well.

St Mary's church has a fascinating history. We know from the Domesday Book that Linton was an important Saxon settlement with a royal manor. Pre conquest, this area had converted to Christianity in the 6th century but it also nestled on a turbulent Welsh border. Indeed, the imposing church tower was added as part of Edward III's border defences. Today, our church reflects a Victorian renovation but it is a complex building rewarding visitors with the unexpected.