“Glorious decay and sheer charm”: St John’s, Duxford, in Cambridgeshire, its decay arrested thanks to the work of the Churches Conservation Trust and its volunteers, is one of the churches better qualified for the title of Luke Sherlock’s book Forgotten Churches: Exploring England’s hidden treasures, with its short essays evocatively illustrated by Iona Pioaru (Frances Lincoln, £15.99 (£14.40); 978-0-7112-9410-3). Churches range from the Temple Church, in London, to parish churches from St Germans to Dore Abbey, or St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell
Exploring England’s hidden treasures by Luke Sherlock
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