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The church of the flying hassocks! A pretty Early English church nestling in a delightful Wolds village situated on the long distance Viking Way walk. Apparently it was the custom at weddings in this church to pelt the bridal party with hassocks as it entered the church, but this practice came to an end when one of the rectors, was on the receiving end of one of the hassocks!

Stainfield St Andrews celebrates the rich heritage of this beautiful Queen Anne church, built on the site of an early 12th century Benedictine nunnery, now medieval parkland in the Lincolnshire Limewoods. Admire the recently redecorated building, sit quietly and enjoy the tranquil setting.

St Andrew's church is rather special, and we in the parish are very proud of it. It is unusual as it is a wooden church, not stone like most in Edinburgh. The building is just over 110 years old, having been built as a kit, supposedly sent from Austria.

Fulletby is set high in the Wolds, and was mentioned in the Domesday book. The Grade II listed church of St Andrew, constructed of local greenstone, is essentially modern, with only a 14th century two seater sedilia left from an earlier church.

The original parish church was situated to the south of the present building and went into ruins in the early 1800s. By 1816 a brick shed on the site had been converted for use as a mortuary chapel. When the graveyard was enlarged in 1871 this building was replaced by the small brick building which we see today.

There are strong echoes of the famous octagon of nearby Ely Cathedral in the silhouette of St Andrew's, proudly set on its ridge and visible for miles across the Fens.

Ashby Puerorum, Ashby 'of the boys', is so called because in the late thirteenth century the living was appropriated to provide an endowment for the boy choristers of Lincoln Cathedral. Ashby is a remote hamlet and its medieval church of St Andrew is approached across a farmyard. The churchyard affords fabulous views across the Wolds.

Beautifully set in a pretty, rambling, village, and with an early 16th century priests' house next door, St Andrew's is an exceptionally attractive church, and has one of only three medieval spires to be found in Dorset.

St Andrew's church stands on high ground beside the thatched 14th century parsonage, the first property purchased by the National Trust. The church itself dates to around 1370, a strangely late date for this part of Sussex. It stands beside the Tye, a large green that may have served as a market in medieval times. In 1399 the church was granted to Michelham Priory.

The church of St Andrew is situated in the centre of the village on a hill top opposite the Swan Inn. The church was consecrated in 630 and still retains many Saxon and later Norman elements. Nikolaus Pevsner called it 'a church of considerable archaeological fascination'. The parish church has been an important part of village life since these times and is still in use for regular worship to which all are visitors are very welcome.