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Ancient village church with a thriving local congregation and community.

This tiny, plain stone roofed building is about 11 feet by 8 feet altogether with walls two feet thick. It is said to date from the Middle Ages, though there was obviously a chapel or hermit's cell on this site before that. Inside, under the altar, is St Trillo's holy well.

Cited as 'a Norman cathedral in miniature' by Simon Jenkins, the fine Norman church is all that remains of the original 12th century hospital.

At over 700 years old, Hull Minster is as old as Hull itself. Since the 13th Century we have been a constant presence in the city centre and some say the history of the city is literally written in our walls.

The Jew's Court and Medieval Synagogue in Lincoln were built in the second half of the 12th century. It was repaired in the 17th century, in the 1930s, 1990s and 2015. This Norman-style stone building now serves as a restaurant.

Kagyupa Samye Ling Monastery was founded in 1967 by Tibetans Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Akong Rinpoche. The complex includes a Tibetan temple, a large stupa and accommodation for those attending courses in Buddhism and meditation. Since the 1970s, it has also been a training centre for the technique of making thangkas, a Tibetan art.

King's College Chapel is a late 15th-century college chapel, known for its remarkable crown spire, restored in the 17th century after storm damage. The chapel, intended to serve the new university, was begun in 1498 and consecrated in 1509, at the same time as the opening of the university. The interior has some of the finest medieval woodwork in Scotland, including a pulpit, choir stalls and rood screen.

King's College Chapel is the chapel at King's College in the University of Cambridge.

Lacock Abbey is packed with history. It started as an abbey and nunnery, then became a Tudor family home. The last owners were the Talbots, a caring close knit family that loved their home in Lacock. In the 19th century it was home to William Henry Fox Talbot. In 1835 he made what may be the earliest surviving photographic camera negative, an image of one of the windows.

St Mary's church sits within the former nave of Lanercost Priory, an Augustinian monastery founded in 1169. Part of the medieval settlement is in use as the village hall, part is cared for by English Heritage and can be visited, and part has been converted to private dwellings.