County Map
Location List and Access Details
‘Old’ Counties – ignoring later administrative units, e.g. Avon, Humberside.
Italic numbers = number of churches now on site. Click the links at the left hand side below for their names and further links etc.
- Northumberland
- Cumbria
- Durham 1
- North Yorkshire 3
- East Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- Lancashire
- Cheshire 2
- Staffordshire 1
- Derbyshire 2
- Nottinghamshire 1
- Lincolnshire 4
- Shropshire 4
- Worcestershire 3
- Warwickshire 2
- Leicestershire 2
- Rutland 1
- Northamptonshire 7
- Cambridgeshire 18
- Norfolk 35
- Suffolk 23
- Herefordshire 1
- Gloucestershire 3
- Oxfordshire 16
- Buckinghamshire 9
- Bedfordshire 5
- Hertfordshire 4
- Middlesex
- Greater London
- Essex 7
- Somerset 2
- Wiltshire 3
- Berkshire 2
- Surrey 2
- Kent 10
- Hampshire 7
- Sussex (West) 9
- Sussex (East) 1
- Isle of Wight 2
- Dorset 5
- Devon 1
- Cornwall 5
This list, now organised by county, includes only churches I have seen personally; many others are in the various books listed on the Bibliography page. The details in italics refer to other medieval artefacts of interest in the individual churches.
Access: Some churches are always open, some always locked, and some open for part of the day/week/year. Locked churches will hopefully have a notice somewhere telling visitors where to find a keyholder nearby. Failing that, local people are usually anxious to help, and a little persistence should yield results. If you can consult the relevant Diocescan Year Book in advance for access details, so much the better. The Keyholder App is also worth trying, but it’s not free. Crockford’s Clerical Directory is another resource, but remember that Vicars/Rectors/Parish teams are often out or very busy. (They and their churches are also usually very short of money as well, so do remember this if you visit, and be generous.)
Bedfordshire
- Chalgrave
- Houghton Conquest (brass, glass, roof, early tomb)
- Marston Moreteyne (Painted screen; shield; Bible)
- Shelton (forthcoming)
- Toddington (forthcoming)
- Turvey (good tombs)
- Yelden (or Yielden)
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
- Bledlow (nearby)
- Bradwell Abbey
- Broughton (nearby)
- Chalfont St Giles
- Lathbury (Saxon carving?)
- Little Horwood
- Little Kimble
- Little Missenden (nearby)
- Swanbourne
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Cambridgeshire
- Bartlow (may be seasonal)
- Barton (may be seasonal)
- Broughton
- Castor (very fine Saxon carving)
- Chesterton, Cambridge
- Chippenham
- Duxford (v. early carving – porch)
- Great Shelford
- Hardwick
- Hauxton
- Ickleton (vg bench-ends; much else)
- Impington
- Kingston
- Longthorpe Tower
- Molesworth
- Old Weston
- Peakirk
- Willingham
Cheshire
- Astbury (good stained glass, superb sculpted heads)
- Marton (half-timbered church of great architectural interest)
Cornwall
Derbyshire
- Dale Abbey (church) ( much of interest+Abbey ruins)
- Hartington (forthcoming)
- Melbourne (very good stonecarving; sheela-na-gig)
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Essex
- Belchamp Walter
- Copford (take some 20p coins in case you need the lights on)
- Fairstead
- Layer Marney (vg tombs; glass-?Flemish)
- Little Easton (good tombs)
- Little Tey
- Wendens Ambo (may be seasonal or occasional)
Gloucestershire
- Ampney Crucis (forthcoming)
- Ampney St Mary,
- Kempley
- Oddington
- Stoke Orchard
Hampshire
- Breamore (painted/inscribed Saxon arch)
- East Wellow (or Dorset???)
- Idsworth
- Catherington
- Corhampton
- Ashley
- Nether Wallop
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight (Hampshire)
Kent
- Bapchild
- Bishopsbourne (NB. some effort needed to open door)
- Boughton Aluph
- Brook
- Faversham
- Ivychurch (glass, embroidery) (forthcoming)
- Littlebourne
- Newington-next-Sittingbourne
- Selling (glass – C.14 East Window)
- Lenham
- Doddington
Leicestershire
- Cold Overton
- Lutterworth certain days/times – most mornings in summer months
Lincolnshire
- Corby Glen
- Friskney
- Goxhill (‘crusader’ effigy tomb)
- Pickworth (near Grantham) (statuary; gargoyles)
Middlesex
- East Bedfont
- Hayes
- Ruislip
Norfolk
- Attleborough Norfolk
- Banningham Norfolk
- Belton Norfolk (or Suffolk)
- Bradfield
- Burnham Overy
- Catfield(v.g. painted screen)
- Cawston (v.g. painted screen, much else)
- Cockthorpe (musical angel in C.15 glass) (forthcoming)
- Colton
- Crostwight
- East Harling (wonderful glass)
- Edingthorpe (painted screen, good piscina)
- Fring
- Fritton (near Great Yarmouth) (apsidal chancel/3-tier pulpit)
- Fritton (near Tacolneston)
- Great Snoring (painted screen; early royal arms)
- Haddiscoe (good stone carving/ironwork)
- Hales
- Hardley Street
- Hemblington (painted font; pews; rood stairs)
- Heydon (painted screen; glass miscellany)
- Houghton-on-the-Hill (in North Pickenham village)
Irstead (screen, glass, vg. carved font, woodwork)- Little Melton
- Little Witchingham
- Moulton St Mary (painted Commandments board+)
- Paston
- Potter Heigham Norfolk (good font; carved ‘Wild Man’)
- Seething (Seven Sacraments font)
- South Burlingham (vg. painted pulpit)
- Sporle
- Thurlton Norfolk(nearby)
- Thurton Norfolk (good carving, screen, font) (forthcoming)
- West Somerton (painted Commandments Board)
- Weston Longville (painted screen with Apostles, v.g. sedilia with stonecarving)
- Wickhampton (nearby at adjacent cottages)
Northamptonshire
- Burton Latimer
- Chacombe
- Croughton
- Great Harrowden Northamptonshire (glass/brass/screen/clock)
- Mears Ashby
- Passenham (forthcoming)
- Raunds (glass, inc. Christ blessing)
- Slapton (Glass; Mass dial; Unspoilt) – or see Slapton Church website)
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
- Beckley
- Black Bourton
- Broughton
- Chalgrove
- Great Tew (Mannerist stone gateway arch)
- Horley
- Hornton
- Kelmscott (glass-early St George)
- Kirtlington
- North Stoke
- Shorthampton
- South Leigh (brass, glass, carvings)
- South Newington
- Swalcliffe
- Thorpe Mandeville
- Woodeaton
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
- Bacton
- Bardwell (good glass).
- Barnby (rare medieval banner-stave locker – see it at Suffolk Churches)
- Boxford Suffolk (painted font – see it at Suffolk Churches) (good carvings)
- Brent Eleigh
- Chelsworth
- Earl Stonham
- Gisleham
- Hessett (v.g. glass)
- Hoxne (bench-ends including St Edmund & wolf)
- Ilketshall
- Lakenheath
- Little Wenham
- Martlesham
- Newton Green
- North Cove
- Risby
- Stanningfield
- Stoke-by-Clare
- Thornham Parva (The Thornham Parva retable)
- Troston (very good painted screen)
- Wenhaston
- Wissington
- Yaxley (fine porch, glass)
Surrey
Sussex (East)
- Arlington (v. fine large medieval storage jar; roof) (forthcoming)
- Brightling (glass, brass) (forthcoming)
- Mountfield (good font) (forthcoming)
- Rotherfield (C.17 box pews; Anglo-Saxon will)
Sussex (West)
- Amberley
- Arundel (St Nicholas Priory)
- Clayton
- Coombes
- Ford
- Hardham
- Trotton
- West Chiltington
- Wisborough Green
Warwickshire
Wiltshire
