Churches
There is currently one church and one chapel in the village.
There has been a church on the current site in the centre of the village since the 14th Century. This original wooden church was one of the few buildings to survive of the Great Fire in 1777. However, due to disrepair, this church was demolished and a new stone church was built in 1857. This was then extended in 1894, and is the church still currently standing. All of the windows were made in a medieval style by the renowned Victorian master of stained glass, Charles Eamer Kempe.
The Zion chapel was built in 1814 and was established as a 'Congregational church'. However when the Congregational and Presbyterian churches combined they decides to join The Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches (E.F.C.C.) Worldwide so that they could continue preaching the same as before.
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