Description:A postcard view of St. Editha’s Church in Church Eaton. In the foreground there is a woman who appears to be operating the village water pump.
St. Editha's Church is built from local sandstone. The earliest part of the building is the tower, which dates from the twelfth century. The stone spire is believed to have been built in the fourteenth century; only one of the four surrounding pinnacles still survives on the west face. The height of the spire was raised in 1879, and a large stone ball which originally topped it is now in the churchyard.
The church was enlarged and restored in 1886. The remains of the Norman font, which have been patched together, were dug out of the churchyard several years ago. Inside is late Victorian stained glass by Kempe, and a large perpendicular seven light east window. Memorials to the Crocket family date from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Local tradition believes the original site of the church was near to St. Editha's Well, but that the stone placed there during the day was mysteriously moved to the present site in the night.