Stainton by Langworth - St John the Baptist

 

Stainton by Langworth - St John the Baptist (photo supplied by church)

A rare opportunity to see inside a hidden gem not normally open outside of a regular monthly service on the 1st Sunday of the month.

This tiny rural church is tucked away in the centre of a working farm, so hard to find. 

The current Grade II Listed grey stone church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was designed during the Georgian era by Thomas Berry of Gainsborough between 1794-95 after the previous 14th century church fell. 

Postcode: LN3 5BL

Opening Times: 16th - 17th May, Saturday 11am - 4pm • Sunday 11am - 4pm

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Gainsborough - St George

Gainsborough, St George (photo supplied by church)

St George’s built in 1956 is regularly used by the community. 

In 2008 services were postponed and the worshipping community dispersed. In October 2022 the church reopened and a weekly all-age worshipping community meet together. 

The church engages with local families through its missional outreach. On Saturday a Table Top Sale will be held in the attached hall where refreshments will be served. 

This year we celebrate 70 years and a display depicting the church in this time is available.

Open 16th May only: Saturday 10am - 2pm

Postcode: DN21 1SH

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Scotter - Methodist Chapel

Scotter Methodist Chapel (photo supplied by chapel)

Welcome to Scotter Chapel, opened in 1900 now with flexible spaces for Worship and Community use.

Scotter Heritage will show through display and artefacts how worship has developed and impacted on Scotter relating to the four Chapels that were in the village, and much more. 

Textile work on display including the ‘King John’ and ‘Planet Earth’ panels was created by Scotter Textile Group. 

The Guide unit flags will be on display in the Chapel.

Postcode: DN21 3TL

Opening Times: 16th-17th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm

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Amcotts - St Mark

Amcotts - St Mark (photo supplied by church)

Built in 1853 on the site of an earlier chapel, St Mark’s is a lovely community church in a very small village that hosts many community events. 

There will be a special preview of the Vermuyden 400 years exhibition for the Rose Queen event on the 25th May 2026 to mark Charles I appointing Cornelius Vermuyden to drain parts of the Isle of Axholme. 
Local Boards showing Amcotts past and present on display.

Local Boards showing the Flixborough Disaster and the forgotten village of Amcotts will also be on display. 

And a children’s butterfly garden.

Postcode: DN17 4AL

Open: 16th-17th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm 

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Appleby - St Bartholomew

 

Appleby - St Bartholomew (photo supplied by church)

This is a Victorian rebuild. It has an ancient Romanesque font, a Flemish pulpit, a medieval tomb unnamed, some lovely windows including one from Kemp as you go in on the left. 

We have wooden angels in the ceiling of the nave playing musical instruments. On the sister church St John’s in Scunthorpe the angels hold tools of the iron trade. 

We have a clock without a face and from the top of the tower on a clear day you can see the Wolds. 

We have the grave of Thomas Dunhill an English composer.

Postcode: DN15 0AH

Open: 16th-17th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm 

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Thornton Curtis - St Lawrence

 

St. Lawrence's church, Thornton Curtis by Jonathan Billinger  CC-BY-SA-2.0

St Lawrence’s church is a Grade I listed building at the heart of the village of Thornton Curtis and is both beautiful and historic. 

The truly outstanding feature of the interior is the 12th century black Tournai font. 

The font is rare and attracts many visitors. 

Behind the 17th century altar table lies an original mensa.

Postcode: DN39 6XW

Open: 9th-10th May, Saturday 11am - 3pm • Sunday 11am - 3pm 

Photo: St. Lawrence's church, Thornton Curtis by Jonathan Billinger  CC-BY-SA-2.0

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Saxby - All Saints

Saxby All Saints by Chris Morgan CC-BY-SA-2.0

 

A hidden gem, set in a picturesque setting, at the top of Church Lane in the centre of the Village, adjoining the Saxby Bluebell Wood and Saxby Village Hall. 

Our Church is Grade II listed, re-designed and rebuilt between 1845 & 1849 by George Gilbert Scott in the late 13th Century style, with an 1871 Church Organ and a Stained Glass panel in the North Aisle by Charles Kempe completed in 1876.

Postcode: DN20 0QE

Open: Saturday 10am - 4.30pm • Sunday 10am - 3.30pm 

Photo: Saxby All Saints by Chris Morgan CC-BY-SA-2.0

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Immingham - St Andrew

 

Immingham -  St Andrew, photo supplied by church

St Andrews Church is over 800 years old and its highlights include Norman arches, a beautiful east stained-glass window, a rare King James II coat of arms and links to the Mayflower Pilgrims. 

Opposite the church is a Pilgrim Fathers monument and information about the Pilgrim Walk. 

The churchyard holds war memorials, with further memorial plaques inside. 

Bell ringers and an organist will be present.

Ploughman’s lunches and cakes will be served and a warm welcome awaits all visitors, including well-behaved dogs.

Postcode: DN40 2EU

Open: 9th-10th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm

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Horkstow - St Maurice

Horkstow - St Maurice, photo supplied by church

 

St Maurice dates back to 12th century. Associated with the Knights Templar. 

History boards of the village. 

Hatchments & coats of arms hung on the walls. 

There will be an ongoing plant sale outside the church on the Saturday.

Postcode: DN18 6BJ

Open: 9th-10th May, Saturday 10am - 3pm • Sunday 10am - 3pm 

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Binbrook - St Mary & St Gabriel

 

Binbrook - St Mary & St Gabriel, photo supplied by church

Our church built in 1869 is architect James Fowler’s Victorian gothic masterpiece - The Cathedral of the Wolds. It is completely as he envisaged and his beautiful original plans and illustrations will be on display. 

We will offer tours up the impressive spire and the bells can be rung from the Ellacombe system. 

The long association with RAF Binbrook is evident in the church and Commonwealth War Graves are looked after in the extensive cemetery.

Postcode: LN8 6DL

Open: Saturday 11am - 4pm • Sunday 11.30am - 4pm

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Bonby - St Andrews

 

Bonby - St Andrews, photo supplied by church

St Andrew’s church dates from 1100’s possibly built on an earlier wooden building. 

Undergoing various renovations throughout its life. Norman, Medieval, Georgian and Victorian periods are clearly evidenced in the building itself. 

Originally linked to St Fromond’s in France, now part of Lincoln Diocese, Yarborough Deanery. 

It has 3 bells which are chimed on a regular basis, the oldest is dated from the 1400’s and the other 2 are from the tower restoration of 1724.

Postcode: DN20 0PS

Open: 9th-10th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm 

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Ashby - Wesley Methodist Chapel

Ashby - Wesley Methodist Chapel (photo supplied by church)

The chapel which opened in 1907 was probably the last of its type to be built. It contains a fully pewed two storey sanctuary with a gallery all round, a large rostrum pulpit and the organ in a chamber behind the pulpit. 

A unique feature of the church is its windows. A memorial to 27 men connected to the church who died in the 1914-18 War. There are four dedicatory windows and sixteen named windows.

Postcode: DN16 2JT

Open: 16th-17th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 12.30pm - 4pm

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West Torrington - St Mary

West Torrington - St Mary (photo supplied by church)

 

St Mary’s is known as St Gilbert’s other church. Grade II listed, with church cross registered as a listed monument. 

Grave of the Reverend Thomas Mossman who was the vicar here from 1862, when the church was rebuilt.

Postcode: LN8 5SQ

Open: 9th-10th May, Saturday 11am - 3pm • Sunday 11am - 3pm

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West Butterwick - St Mary the Virgin

West Butterwick - St Mary the Virgin (photo supplied by church)

 

St Mary’s West Butterwick is a Victorian church, erected in 1841. 

It consists of a nave and square tower with a single bell and has a fine east window which was restored in 2008. 

In 2024 and 2025 the churchyard was voted the best kept in North Lincolnshire.

Postcode: DN17 3LA

Opening times: 16th-17th May, Saturday 10am - 3pm • Sunday 10am - 3pm

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Wrawby - St Mary

 

Paul Glazzard, St Mary's Church, Wrawby, CC BY-SA 2.0

A church has existed in Wragby since the year 627 and is mentioned in the Doomsday survey of 1068, being the oldest surviving building in Wrawby. St Mary’s shows traces of various periods in history with the tower dating from the 13th century, and the font from the 14th. Much was rebuilt in the 1800s. the north porch was built in 1887. The church stands in peaceful grounds and is now also used for worship by the Wrawby Methodist Church.

Postcode: DN20 8SL

Open: 9th - 10th May, Saturday 11am - 3pm • Sunday 12 noon - 3pm

Photo: Paul Glazzard, St Mary's Church, Wrawby, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Ulceby - St Nicholas

John Beal, St Nicholas Church, Ulceby, CC BY-SA 2.0

 

St Nicholas’ Church is a Grade 1 listed building on a site where there has been a church since the Saxon period. The building is of national P architectural significance with a rood screen linked to Thornton Abbey. Other highlights include 15th century pew ends, a stained glass window dedicated to vicar Henry Flowers (who himself appears in the window), and a memorial to someone killed in one of the very first railway accidents. BBQ lunches, stalls, books, musical performances, bellringing and more!

Postcode: DN39 6TB

Open: 9th - 10th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm 

Photo: John Beal, St Nicholas Church, Ulceby, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Cadney - All Saints

 

David Hitchborne, Cadney cum Howsham - All Saints, CC BY-SA 2.0

Grade I All Saints church is a hidden treasure. Parts date back to the 12th century. It is a beautiful, peaceful calm place to visit with many interesting historical features, and volunteers will help point out these, to anyone who would like to know more.  On Saturday there is a Teddy bear parachuting event, bears can parachute from the church tower, in a fun event for all ages. Bring your own bear, or borrow a bear to take part.

Postcode: DN20 9HS

Open: 9th - 10th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 10am - 4pm 

Photo: David Hitchborne, Cadney cum Howsham - All Saints, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Brigg - Methodist Church

David Wright, Brigg Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 2.0

We are promoting the work of our Youth Worker and will have activities for the public to join in also craftwork made by the young people of our various youth groups. We are an Eco Church (Silver award) and are working towards our Gold award.

Postcode: DN20 8TR

Open: 9th - 10th May, Saturday 11am - 3pm • Sunday 12.30pm -  3pm 

Photo: David Wright, Brigg Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Barnetby le Wold - St Mary

Pete Burnett, St Mary's, Barnetby Le Wold, CC BY-SA 2.0

St Mary’s dates back to the 11th century and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was extended in the 14th century with a tower with three bells that were made locally in Grasby. Outside on the south wall is a stone carving of a cat above one of the windows. The church is no longer used for worship and now looked after by The Churches Conservation Trust. It is on the edge of the village within the church graveyard. Exhibition of its history during the weekend.

Postcode: DN38 6JL

Open: 9th - 10th May, Saturday 12 noon - 4pm • Sunday 12 noon - 4pm

Photo: Pete Burnett, St Mary's, Barnetby Le Wold, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Barnetby le Wold - St Barnabas

Gary Brothwell, St Barnabas' Church, Barnetby Le Wold, CC BY-SA 2.0

The church was built in 1926/27 to replace the existing wooden church and be more central than the 11th century St Mary’s which is sited on the edge of the village. It was unfinished as money ran out! Beautiful coloured ceiling painted in railway colours. Refreshments served over the weekend. Exhibition on “History of Barnetby” during the weekend.

Postcode: DN38 6JE

Open: 9th - 10th May, Saturday 10am - 4pm • Sunday 12 noon - 4pm 

Photo: Gary Brothwell, St Barnabas' Church, Barnetby Le Wold, CC BY-SA 2.0

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