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Great Staughton church, Bedfordshire

LAVENHAM CHURCH ( Suffolk)

   Lavenham- was a very important town in medieval England. It's prosperity was founded upon the wool trade. The wealth enable them to build this massive church. But as the price of wool declined, the town declined in importance and is today the size of a large village. It contains the best preserve collection of TUDOR and medieval buildings in England.

 

Cambridge

This is unusual, being one of the few round churches to survive. They were built by the Knights Templar from the 12th to the 14th centuries. This round church is near the centre of Cambridge.

 

Wadenhoe is a small village by the banks of the River Nene in Northamptonshire. The church nestles on the hillside above the river. Note the unusual form of bell tower.