Forgotten Churches
Exploring England's Hidden Treasures
Forgotten Churches
Exploring England's Hidden Treasures
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Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780711294103
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 25/03/2025
Width: 16 cm
Height: 21 cm
Discover England’s Most Beautiful and Overlooked Churches with Forgotten Churches: Exploring England’s Hidden Treasures
For centuries, England’s churches have stood as quiet witnesses to history, filled with remarkable craftsmanship, untold stories, and layers of cultural heritage. Yet many of these extraordinary buildings remain overlooked – until now.
Luke Sherlock, or @englishpilgrim, has spent years travelling the length and breadth of England, uncovering hidden architectural gems and sharing their beauty with thousands online. In Forgotten Churches, he invites you on a journey through 70 of the country’s most atmospheric churches, from thousand-year-old Saxon chapels and striking Gothic landmarks to hidden Romanesque sanctuaries and ornate Victorian treasures.
From the remote landscapes of Northumberland and Cornwall to the Norfolk fens, the Yorkshire dales, and the Somerset hills, Sherlock reveals the forgotten stories of these extraordinary places – of local communities, master builders, and the shifting tides of history – while capturing the magic of stepping into these timeless spaces. Whether you love history, architecture, or simply the charm of England’s rural landscapes, this book is your guide to discovering some of the nation’s best-kept secrets.
Forgotten Churches is the perfect compendium for history enthusiasts, architecture lovers, and anyone who finds inspiration in England’s vivid and storied past.
Full list of churches included in the book:
St Peter Edensor, Derbyshire
St John the Baptist Chelmorton, Derbyshire
St Mary and St Barlok Norbury, Derbyshire
St John the Baptist Tideswell, Derbyshire
All Saints Brixworth, Northamptonshire
St Martin Canterbury, Kent
St Peter-on-the-Wall Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex
St Lawrence Eyam, Derbyshire
St Mary Breamore, Hampshire
St Laurence Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
St John the Baptist, Barnack Cambridgeshire
St John’s Chapel Tower of London
St Mary & St David Kilpeck, Herefordshire
Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty, Winchester, Hampshire
St Germans Priory St Germans, Cornwall
Dore Abbey Abbey Dore, Herefordshire
St Mary the Virgin Iffley, Oxfordshire
St Mary the Virgin West Walton, Norfolk
The Church of St Margaret Little Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Hexham Abbey Hexham, Northumberland
The Church of St Margaret of Antioch Stoke Golding, Leicestershire
St Cuthbert Fishlake, Yorkshire
St Andrew Heckington, Lincolnshire
Collegiate Church of Holy Trinity Tattershall, Lincolnshire
Priory Church of St Mary the Virgin Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire
St Mary the Virgin Berkeley, Gloucestershire
St Mary the Virgin Isle Abbotts, Somerset
St Mary the Virgin Woolpit, Suffolk
St Mary Magdalene Croome D’Abitot, Worcestershire
St Mary Old Dilton, Wiltshire
St John Westminster, London
St Mary Woolnoth City of London
St James Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire
St Giles Wimborne St Giles, Dorset
St Michael Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire
St Enodoc Trebetherick, Cornwall
St Senara Zennor, Cornwall
St Just St Just in Roseland, Cornwall
Watts Cemetery Chapel Compton, Surrey
St Bartholomew the Great City of London
St Peter Southease, East Sussex
St John Duxford, Cambridgeshire
St Peter Walpole St Peter, Norfolk
St Beuno Culbone, Somerset
St John the Baptist Inglesham, Wiltshire
All Saints Babworth, Nottinghamshire
Binham Priory Binham, Norfolk
St John the Baptist Burford, Oxfordshire
St Mary & All Saints Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire
Jordans Meeting House Jordans, Buckinghamshire
The Church of St Andrew Mells, Somerset
Temple Church City of London
The Church of the Holy Trinity Blythburgh, Suffolk
St Mary of the Assumption Ufford, Suffolk
St John the Baptist Plymtree, Devon
St Helen Ranworth, Norfolk
St Mary the Virgin Ewelme, Oxfordshire
St Mary the Virgin Sparham, Norfolk
St Peter & St Paul Chaldon, Surrey
St Peter Wenhaston, Suffolk
St Michael Castle Frome, Herefordshire
St Edward Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
The Church of St Mary Fairford, Gloucestershire
St Mary the Virgin Higham, Kent
St Peter Wiggenhall St Peter, Norfolk
St John the Baptist Sutterby, Lincolnshire
All Saints Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire
All Saints Walesby, Lincolnshire
St Cuthbert Bewcastle, Cumbria
St Ninian Brougham, Cumbria
St Cyriac Lacock, Wiltshire
