Barton under Needwood, St. James

Built by Dr. John Taylor, whose father was a tailor in the village, St James is said by Pevsner to "have total architectural unity". The church was consecrated in 1533.

Engraving from Shaw's History of Staffordshire

Plan to accompany a faculty for increasing the pew accomodation, 1862, showing the before and after.

The font in Barton under Needwood church, 1839.

Blore Ray, St. Bartholomew

Although originally founded about 1100, the church was extensively modelled in 1519 in a mixture of the Perpendicular and Decorated styles. It was paid for by William Bassett, who was lord of the manor. The interior is notable for its Jacobean woodwork.

Watercolour by LJ Wood showing Blore Ray church from the south-west in about 1830.

Perpendicular style font in Blore Ray church.

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