Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures

Sherlock, Luke

ISBN 10: 0711294100 / ISBN 13: 9780711294103

Published by Frances Lincoln, 2025

About this Item

A crisp, perfect copy with no signs of ever having been used. Author's signature to title page. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0711294100
• ISBN 13: 9780711294103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Pioaru, Ioana
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 16.26W x 21.34H x 1.78D centimeters 16.26 centimeters width by 21.34 centimeters height by 1.78 centimeters depth
• Weight: 480 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Spending his weekends exploring historic churches across the idyllic English countryside – and sharing their beauty and unsung history across social media – Luke Sherlock is bringing English history and the heritage of our rural countryside to a new audience.
 
England is full of incredible churches, from small stone chapels and quiet Romanesque masterpieces, to thousand-year-old Saxon stalwarts, dramatic Gothic monuments and high Victorian treasures. These special places, often under-celebrated and overlooked, dot the English landscape but collectively tell a remarkable story of our nation.
 
Travelling to all corners of England – from the Kent marshlands to the Norfolk fens, Somerset lanes and beyond – Sherlock carefully documents these unique buildings, celebrating their histories and decoding their hidden meanings. Bringing together 70 of the most unusual, intriguing and atmospheric of England’s churches, Sherlock tells stories of craftsmanship and local community, whilst centering these buildings at the heart of our national story and revealing their forgotten secrets and cultural significance.

About the Author

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.