Wikipedia lists two dozen Waltons in England; from Cumbria down to Somerset. In this Walton, near Wetherby in West Yorkshire, there sits the small and entirely unassuming church of St Peter's; as well as a pub, a cricket club, a collection of houses of various ages and a tranquil rural air. Walton has been here for centuries, and will probably be here for centuries more.

I wanted to put up a picture of St Peter's because it is so ordinary and timeless. It has no aisles, no stone vaults, no chantry chapels and no elaborate carving. There's a single large tomb in the chancel, from a noteworthy local knight, and some simple Decorated tracery in the East window. Otherwise it is a plain, calm little place - one of thousands upon thousands that dotted England's green and pleasant land, where millions have worshipped for centuries; where whole family stories have unfurled beneath the roof timbers - rising, falling, soaring and faltering all within these now whitewashed walls. Churches do not have to be vast or intricate to be beautiful or important; a little place like St Peter's can often be as rewarding a find as a beauty like Patrington, or a giant like Beverley.