Felmersham Church stands on a small bluff across the valley of the River Great Ouse, and it was here in 1220 that the priors of Lenton in Nottinghamshire decided to build an outpost of their Cluniac order.

Pevsner poses the following question: "What can the reason have been for Felmersham receiving the noblest parish church in the county during the noblest age of medieval churches, and moreover a church in spiritual scale, even if not in size, vying with any abbey or priory church?"

With the initial building work in the 1200s by the monks of Lenton Priory, with extensions in the 15th Century, St Mary's Church Felmersham has many beautiful features, including medieval corbels, 15th Century rood screen and, a rare survival from medieval days, a sanctuary ring on the door. The guide attached below gives more details of this stunning building, embedded in the history of the village.