Notable Parish Churches
Notable Church of England parish churches include:
- Ashmanhaugh, Norfolk, St. Swithin, The smallest round-tower church in the UK.
- Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church: good Saxon tower
- Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, Beverley Minster: Perpendicular west front, continuous vault, Percy tomb, Hawksmoor font cover.
- Boston, Lincolnshire, St Botolph's Church: The Stump, lantern interior, 62 misericords.
- Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe Church: Twin porches, Perpendicular interior, 1,200 roof bosses.
- Brompton, Kensington, London, Holy Trinity ("HTB"): Evangelical Anglican church where the Alpha course was first developed.
- Brent, London, St Gabriels, Cricklewood, a New Wine church home to an historic organ used in BBC radio recitals.
- Burford, Oxfordshire, St John's Church: Merchants' guild chapel, Red Indian memorial, Kempe glass.
- Canterbury, Kent, St Martin's: oldest surviving CofE parish church of English origin
- Cheadle, Staffordshire, St Giles's Church: Pugin's complete 13th-century recreation.
- Christchurch, Dorset, Christchurch Priory: Norman exterior, Decorated screen, Perpendicular tombs and chantries.
- Cirencester, Gloucestershire, St John the Baptist's Church: Perpendicular porch, fan vaults, merchants' tombs.
- Culbone, Somerset, St Culbone's Church: smallest parish church in England
- Doncaster, St George's Minster: "South Yorkshire's most majestic building"
- Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, All Saints' Church.
- Fairford, Gloucestershire, St Mary's Church: Complete set of medieval glass, stone carvings, misericords.
- Gawber, Barnsley, St Thomas the Apostle: a most beautiful small church in South Yorkshire
- Grantham, Lincolnshire, St Wulfram's Church: Steeple and west front, Decorated tracery, Corbel-table carvings.
- Hull, Yorkshire, Holy Trinity Church: claims to be the largest parish church in the country
- Leeds, Parish Church of St. Peter: Leeds has no Anglican cathedral, so the Parish church has several administrative functions below that of Ripon Cathedral.
- Liverpool, Our Lady and St Nicholas: Liverpool's 'sailors' church', traditional emigrant's landmark on leaving for the New World
- Long Melford, Suffolk, Holy Trinity Church: Richest East Anglian church, Clopton Chantry, Lily Crucifix, medieval glass.
- Ludlow, Shropshire: St Laurence's Church: Medieval Palmers' glass, Pietà bench-end, civic tombs.
- Ottery St Mary, Devon: Miniature Exeter Cathedral, painted roof, fan-vaulted aisle.
- Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, St Patrick’s Church: Octagonal tower top, Decorated carvings throughout.
- Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire: former abbey restored by George Gilbert Scott
- Plymouth, Devon, St Andrew's Church: rebuilt after World War II
- Selby, North Yorkshire, Selby Abbey: Norman nave, chancel stiff-leaf, east window tracery with medieval glass.
- Sherborne, Dorset, Sherborne Abbey: Complete fan vault, carved bosses, misericords.
- Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury Abbey: Norman nave, 'Son of York' bosses, Despenser tombs, medieval glass.
- Walpole St Peter, Norfolk, St Peter's Church: Nave woodwork, font cover, 'bolt-hole' tunnel.
- Warwick, Warwickshire, St Mary's Church: Beauchamp Chapel and tombs.
- Westminster, London, All Saints, Margaret Street: Anglo-Catholic shrine.
- Westminster, London, St Margaret's: the parish church of the British Houses of Parliament
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