The Church of the Holy Rood, Daglingworth

Edgeworth St Mary's

St Mary's, Edgeworth.

Hidden away at the end of a narrow lane in what was once described as one of the remotest villages in the Cotswolds, St Mary's sits high above the wooded slopes of the River Frome, remaining as it has been for over a thousand years, the centre of Christian worship for the small community it serves.

Visitors to this living place of worship will appreciate the peace but also the great visual contrast of this Grade 1 listed building - a Medieval exterior, with “restored” Victorian interior in the style of the Gothic Revival.

Syde St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin, Syde.

Syde is one of the tiniest villages in the country, comprising only 15 households: nonetheless it is a hive of activity and excitement. The Norman church of St. Mary the Virgin is tucked away in a peaceful and contemplative spot and attracts a friendly Sunday congregation as well as plenty of walkers and other visitors. It is a small friendly church which welcomes well behaved animals to its services.

Miserden St Andrew's

St Andrew's, Miserden.

Set in the centre of the village the Church is approached throught a lynch gate and an arch of Yew., there is parking across the road from the church.

Miserden has good amminities consisting of a school, village hall, pub, shop/post office, garden nursery and cricket club, it is a thriving village.

Brimpsfield St Michael & All Angels

St Michael & All Angels, Brimpsfield.

The parish of Brimpsfield, includes the village of Caudle Green, is twined with Birdlip and alternates services through the month. Set on the outskirts of the village the Church has its own car park and is approached down a long pathway. St. Michael and all Angels, is part Norman from the 12 century, set upon a small hill overlooking a valley of the headwaters of the river Frome. It is delightfully simple, airy and peaceful. It is notable in that its tower of six beautifully-tuned bells is situated between the Nave and the Chancel.
More information about the village can be found on its web site at Brimpsfield Parish Council and Brimpsfield Music Society.

Duntisbourne Abbots St Peter's

St Peter's, Duntisbourne Abbots.

Duntisbourne Abbots is an attractive small village of stone houses at the source of the River Dunt. The land originally belonged to the Abbots of Gloucester. The church is set on a rise above the village and is surrounded by a big graveyard. Neatly trimmed yews line the path from the lynch gate.
The church was built on the site of a wooden Saxon church. The base of the solid square tower is early Norman and the oldest part of the church. The top of the tower with its saddleback roof was added later.

Birdlip St Mary-in-Hamlet

St Mary-in-Hamlet, Birdlip.

St. Mary-in-Hamlet, was built in 1957, principally by local subscription and labour, to replace a Mission Church of wood and corrugated iron that was destroyed by fire some four years earlier. It is small, light and peacful. An accessible w.c. and a kitchenette were added in 2016.
With its school, village hall, pub, and cricket club Birdlip is a thriving village and the congregation of St Mary's Church are very much involved in village life.

Winstone St Bartholomew

This small church nestles on the side of a rolling landscape at one edge of the village. There is some evidence that its origins are late Saxon, with the main structure being Norman, dating around 1070. It has a most peaceful atmosphere, and is one of only five churches in the Cotswolds with no east window. It has a good ring of six bells in the saddle-back roofed tower.

Winstone is the second highest village in the Cotswolds (by only 25 feet !), about a mile from the A417 “Ermin Street”. It is a small village of about 96 houses, in the centre of the Benefice, with about 300 people of mixed demographic.

Duntisbourne Rous St Michael's

St Michael's, Duntisbourne Rous.

Duntisbourne Rouse is a quiet village with a ford in the Dunt Valley. The church is set on a hill overlooking fields and woodland. Visitors from all over the world come to see it for its serenity and simplicity and is included in the Simon Jenkins books A 1000 Best English Churches. The church is Saxon in origin with windows from the 12th century and has a saddleback tower from 1587 and medieval wall painting and a crypt dating from 1200.