Forgotten Churches

Luke Sherlock is a writer, pilgrim and book shop owner with a boundless enthusiasm for heritage and art. There’s little he enjoys more than throwing on a backpack, heading off down some unknown footpath and pausing to explore a hushed, ancient church along the way. His writing covers historic landmarks and the landscapes they sit within. Luke grew up exploring the Peak District of Derbyshire, a landscape that inspired his deep yearning to hit the ancient routes that criss-cross England. On social media Luke shares photos of his travels on instagram as @englishpilgrim.Ioana Pioaru is a Romanian-British artist living in West Sussex, UK. She works with a variety of media, ranging from traditional drawing and printmaking to VR art-making and holography. She has exhibited internationally with both group and solo shows.

'Each entry is written in a loose, wayfaring style – a mix of architectural appreciation, spiritual reflection and local lore, all atmospherically illustrated by Ioana Pioaru.'

• Full list of churches included in the book:St Peter Edensor, DerbyshireSt John the Baptist Chelmorton, DerbyshireSt Mary and St Barlok Norbury, DerbyshireSt John the Baptist Tideswell, DerbyshireAll Saints Brixworth, NorthamptonshireSt Martin Canterbury, KentSt Peter-on-the-Wall Bradwell-on-Sea, EssexSt Lawrence Eyam, DerbyshireSt Mary Breamore, HampshireSt Laurence Bradford-on-Avon, WiltshireSt John the Baptist, Barnack CambridgeshireSt John’s Chapel Tower of LondonSt Mary & St David Kilpeck, HerefordshireHospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty, Winchester, HampshireSt Germans Priory St Germans, CornwallDore Abbey Abbey Dore, HerefordshireSt Mary the Virgin Iffley, OxfordshireSt Mary the Virgin West Walton, NorfolkThe Church of St Margaret Little Faringdon, OxfordshireHexham Abbey Hexham, NorthumberlandThe Church of St Margaret of Antioch  Stoke Golding, LeicestershireSt Cuthbert Fishlake, YorkshireSt Andrew Heckington, LincolnshireCollegiate Church of Holy Trinity  Tattershall, LincolnshirePriory Church of St Mary the Virgin  Steeple Ashton, WiltshireSt Mary the Virgin Berkeley, GloucestershireSt Mary the Virgin Isle Abbotts, SomersetSt Mary the Virgin Woolpit, SuffolkSt Mary Magdalene Croome D’Abitot, WorcestershireSt Mary Old Dilton, WiltshireSt John Westminster, LondonSt Mary Woolnoth City of LondonSt James Stanstead Abbotts, HertfordshireSt Giles Wimborne St Giles, DorsetSt Michael Duntisbourne Rouse, GloucestershireSt Enodoc Trebetherick, CornwallSt Senara Zennor, CornwallSt Just St Just in Roseland, CornwallWatts Cemetery Chapel Compton, SurreySt Bartholomew the Great City of LondonSt Peter Southease, East SussexSt John Duxford, CambridgeshireSt Peter Walpole St Peter, NorfolkSt Beuno Culbone, SomersetSt John the Baptist Inglesham, WiltshireAll Saints Babworth, NottinghamshireBinham Priory Binham, NorfolkSt John the Baptist Burford, OxfordshireSt Mary & All Saints Fotheringhay, NorthamptonshireJordans Meeting House Jordans, BuckinghamshireThe Church of St Andrew Mells, SomersetTemple Church City of LondonThe Church of the Holy Trinity Blythburgh, SuffolkSt Mary of the Assumption Ufford, SuffolkSt John the Baptist Plymtree, DevonSt Helen Ranworth, NorfolkSt Mary the Virgin Ewelme, OxfordshireSt Mary the Virgin Sparham, NorfolkSt Peter & St Paul Chaldon, SurreySt Peter Wenhaston, SuffolkSt Michael Castle Frome, HerefordshireSt Edward Stow-on-the-Wold, GloucestershireThe Church of St Mary Fairford, GloucestershireSt Mary the Virgin Higham, KentSt Peter Wiggenhall St Peter, NorfolkSt John the Baptist Sutterby, LincolnshireAll Saints Saltfleetby, LincolnshireAll Saints Walesby, LincolnshireSt Cuthbert Bewcastle, CumbriaSt Ninian Brougham, CumbriaSt Cyriac Lacock, Wiltshire