The earliest part of St Michael's Framlingham dates from the 12th century, though it is mostly 14th - 16th century. It is an impressive church. The roof is wonderful, but the chancel is huge and spectacular. There are several notable features, not least a 15th century wall painting and interestingly carved font, but what Framlingham's parish church is most famous for is its tombs, especially those of the Howard family, the Dukes of Norfolk. Included are the tombs of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason in 1547, and that of the 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Howard, in his day one of the most powerful men in England. Framlingham also contains the tomb of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, an illegitimate son of Henry VIII.

Victorian Gothic, largely brick-built, church constructed between 1858-69. It stands on a prehistoric man-made mound and, externally, is not much to look at; the interior is breathtaking, however. Alice Hargreaves, who inspired the Alice of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland and Looking-Glass, is buried in the churchyard.

The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is exactly what it says - a museum of religion - beliefs from different cultures and the past explored with artefacts and works of art.

St Nicholas’ church, Montgomery dates from the 1320s – it was built at a similar time to the castle.  It is dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra, or Bari, patron saint of children (of course) and, among other things, sailors, brewers and pawnbrokers.  It is a large, attractive, church with an impressive roof.  Its features include an original 13th century rood screen, choir stalls and misericords, all brought from nearby Chirbury Priory when the latter was dissolved in1536.

The highlight, however, is probably the ornate Elizabethan canopy tomb of Richard Herbert (1557-96), Lord of Montgomery Castle, erected by his wife Magdalen (1561-1627).  Effigies of them both are side by side and behind are featured eight of their ten children, which included the poet George Herbert.  Beneath is a memento mori, an effigy of a cadaver – presumably representing Richard.  Magdalen is not entombed here; she moved away after her husband’s death, remarried, and is buried in Chelsea.  The tomb also contains the remains of the couple’s grandson, Richard, 2nd Baron of Chirbury, who died in 1655 and was the last of the Herbert family to live at the castle.

To the left of the elaborate tomb, on the floor, are two simple effigies.  They are probably of (closest to the wall) another Richard Herbert, grandfather of the Richard in the tomb, who died in 1534 and Sir Edmund Mortimer, one-time constable of Montgomery Castle, who died in 1408 supporting Owain Glyndŵr at the siege of Harlech. Mortimer appears in Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1.

Outside in the churchyard, not far from the rear entrance, is the Robber’s Grave.  This contains the mortal remains of John Davies of Wrexham, convicted of highway robbery and executed in Montgomery in 1821.  Davies swore his innocence and said that, just to prove it, no grass would grow over his grave for 100 years.  You can judge for yourself.

On the corner of Hart Street and Seething Lane, this is one of the smallest churches in the City of London and one of a handful to survive the Great Fire of 1666 - thanks in this case to the efforts of Sir William Penn (father of the founder of Pennsylvania). It was Samuel Pepys' favourite church - he lived and worked on Seething Lane and is buried, with his wife, under the nave. Some say St Olave's is built on or near the site of the legendary Battle of London Bridge in 1014, in which Olaf II of Norway fought alongside Ethelred the Unready against the Danes. Anyway, the church is dedicated to St Olaf, the patron saint of Norway. It was gutted by bombing during WW2 and restored in 1954. It has some lovely memorials and a fascinating medieval crypt chapel, with a well.