Churches
The old church at Bix Bottom: a Norman ruin in an Oxfordshire wood
A Norman church, abandoned in 1875, left to the woods and later rescued from the undergrowth.
Category · Chapels & places of worship
Abandoned Churches
Chapels and places of worship, many still consecrated in memory if not in law, quietly returning to the landscape around them.
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The entries
Churches in the archive
Each entry covers the history, the present condition, and the ethics of visiting a place that is often both private property and public heritage.
