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St. Peter’s church is remarkably lavish for such a small village. Made of ironstone and beautifully decorated, it was transferred to the Augustinian Canons of the priory to the north in 1359. The impressive tower has an ashlar spire, with very low broaches, which can be seen throughout the northern sections of the saucer-shaped Wreake Valley.

Considerable amounts of Roman pottery were found in the churchyard in the 1960s, suggesting a long history of use of the site. A contemporary charter in the Lincoln Episcopal Registers states that Roger de Beler founded a chantry in 1316 in the chapel of his manor house, some distance from the parish church. This eventually became a Priory, and shaped the worshipping life of the village and surrounding area until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1535.

The nave at the core of the present building dates from the early 13th Century and was built in the early English Gothic style.

Unfortunately, the church has recently been the victim of copper theft from a large section of the roof, and efforts are underway to finance the necessary repairs.