Holy Trinity church dates from the 12th century, with the tower having been added during the 13th century. The south aisle of the church has alternating high and low windows, while the vast windows of the chancel, reaching to the roofline, dwarf everything westward. There is no clerestory, just a blank wall. There is no telling quite how much of this is original, and how much a result of two hefty 19th century restorations. Certainly, the chancel windows are Victorian, and the aisle has been refaced. A curiosity is the pair of figures carved on the west gable of nave and aisle. They both appear to be mermen.
The interior is a combination of new and old. There are a few old carved poppyheads affixed onto the Victorian pews in the choir . The octagonal font dates from the 14th century although its wooden cover was made in 1964.
The church has a good collection of late 19th and early 20th century stained glass. Fragments of old glass are inserted high up in the tracery of one of the south windows in the chancel. The east window was designed by Edward Framton and inserted in 1896.
However, the most famous piece of glass is the 1959 window by Harry Stammers. It shows generations of parishioners worshipping Christ from medieval knights and ladies at the bottom, up to a state of the art space age 1950s family at the top. The little boy is holding his mum's hand; he has a train set, his big brother a football. Their sister holds dad's hand, and all five look up at the shining chalice and host. The figures look like illustrations out of a 1950s school book, and the sentiment of the window also seems a world away from the modern Church of England.
The War Memorial is constructed of brick and flint and is built into the southern perimeter wall of the Church. There are three tablets set into the front. Three steps lead up to the memorial and flower troughs sit at the foot of the World War I tablets. It stands right on the verge of the A149 and is quiet precarious for anyone taking a visit to the Memorial. There are a total of 37 names on the tablets.
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