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The chancel is large with a priest's door and an Easter sepulchre.

Only the tower remains from the medieval church, thought it may not be as it was in the original footprint of the building. The moles have been busy in the churchyard. Moles live in loose, easily diggable soil throughout Britain, from sea level to about 3000ft, but there are no moles in Ireland. They do not colonise poor mountain soil or acid, sandy soil because these contain few earthworms. Moles belong to the order of mammals called insectivores, and are related to hedgehogs. Molehills spoil lawns and sports grounds and reduce the value of pasture. They may also damage blades of cutting machines. In addition, moles rob the soil of earthworms. Farmers and gardeners are therefore their chief enemies. Other enemies include owls, foxes, dogs and cats. The mole's name is possibly a shortened form of 'mouldiwarp', a names still used in northern England, which is derived from Old English 'molde', meaning earth and 'werpen', meaning to throw. But how can they make the hills when the earth is as hard as iron.

The World War I memorial stands in the churchyard of St Mary's Church.

15th century perpendicular tower with crocket pinnacles and hunky punks (grotesques) on the corners.

St Mary's Church stands in the centre of the village, where it stood with the manor house in medieval times. To the north is open countryside and to the south the Stag's Head Inn beckons the weary pilgrim.

The 1921 mosaic reredos is by James Powell and it depicts the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary by the Archangel.

Apart from the tower the church was almost entirely rebuilt in 1878.

Perpendicular square font with chamfered corners.