Background

Wollaston Church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. The list of incumbents goes back to 1219 when William was vicar of "Wilavestone". But the remains of Saxon burials suggests a church existed as far back as 1050.

The earliest part of the present Church is the tower and spire together with the north transept. These date back to c.1300. The medieval church was about the same size as the present.

On the 13th November 1735 the body of the Church which is supported by six pillars suddenly and quite unexpectedly fell down — the noise of which is said to have made "horses run wildly about in Farndish, some 2 miles away". The nave was rebuilt, and Feast Sunday on 8th July 1739 celebrated the opening of the new Church.

There are many historical memorials in the Church, one of the most fascinating being in memory of two Wollaston men who went down with the Titanic in 1912.

Strixton Church is dedicated to St. Romwald, a little known Saxon Saint who is said to have preached the Gospel after his baptism as an infant. There was an attempt in the 19th Century to rename the Church as "John the Baptist" — but this has since been reversed.The Church was built c.1200, and is substantially the same now as originally built. A 19th Century restoration took great care to rebuild the Church exactly as it was before.

The screen is 15th Century, the only late Gothic feature of the Church.