Historic Churches in Berkshire

A mainly 14th-century church, famous for a group of mid-14th-century effigies to members of the de la Beche family. There are nine effigies in the group, dating from the years 1300-1350; seven are knights in armour, while two are ladies in 14th-century gowns.
Bell Lane, Aldworth, Berkshire, England, RG8 9SB

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Heritage Highlight: 14th century De la Beche family effigies

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The village of Bisham stands on the south bank of the Thames, across from Marlow-on-Thames. On a rise above the river stands the ancient church of Al Saints, which dates to the 12th century.
Bisham, Berkshire, England, SL7 1RW

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Heritage Highlight: Hoby family memorials

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St Andrew's is a small country church with a wooden-framed Saxon window, still with its original oak shutter. This is probably the oldest working wooden window in Britain. The chancel and nave are 13th century.
Winterbourne Road, Boxford, Berkshire, England, RG20 8DP

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Heritage Highlight: Wooden framed Saxon window is the oldest in Britain

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This wonderful medieval church will forever be associated with the politically correct vacillations of a former vicar, made famous in the popular 18th-century song, 'The Vicar of Bray'. The vicar (possibly a combination of several vicars) was known for changing his views with every shift in the political climate of the day, in order to maintain his position. But there is far more to St Michael's than just the association with the [perhaps] apocryphal vicar; it is a wonderful medieval building, full of historic and architectural interest.
High Street, Bray, Berkshire, England, SL6 2AB

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Heritage Highlight: Superb collection of brasses

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St Margaret's Church, Catmore, is an isolated 12th-century church with much Victorian restoration. The oldest parts of St Margaret's are the south door and the font, both of Norman date. The building consists of a nave, small chancel, very small south porch, north vestry, and a stone bell turret at the west end.
Catmore, Berkshire, England, RG20 7HN

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Chaddleworth's church boasts a Norman doorway arch and a medieval preaching cross. Within the church is a Norman tub font and two large family pews or 'squire's chapels' to local families. There are excellent memorials, mainly from the 16th and 18th centuries.
Tower Hill, Chaddleworth House, Chaddleworth, Berkshire, England, RG20 7EB

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Heritage Highlight: Norman doorway and tub font, 17th and 18th century memorials

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Standing near East Shefford manor house is the tiny Norman church of St Thomas. The church was built around 1100, on a pre-Norman site. The chancel is 13th century, and there is a 16th-century chapel. Nothing remains of East Shefford village which the church was built to serve, and the building is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
East Shefford, Berkshire, England, RG17 7EF

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval wall paintings and alabaster Fettiplace tombs

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A Victorian church by GE Street, in Early English Geometric style. There are several 17th-century memorials from an older medieval church here, but almost everything else is Victorian.
Wellhill Road, Fawley, Berkshire, England, OX12 9YW

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Heritage Highlight: 17th century brass to Mary Gunter

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St Mary's stands in a lovely location beside the River Lambourn, looking across farm fields. The round west tower is one of only two in Berkshire, and within the tower is a beautifully carved Norman font.
Church Street, Great Shefford, Berkshire, England, RG17 7DZ

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century round tower and Norman carved font

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A Victorian Gothic church built in 1852 as an expression of the Ecclesiology movement. The result is an almost perfect time capsule of Victorian Gothic Revival. The architect was Thomas Bury, a pupil of AW Pugin.
Ermin Street, Woodland's St Mary, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire, England, RG17 7SR

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