Description: South aspect of St Martin's Church. The church stands a little way back from the road, and is now dedicated to St. Martin, although the earliest references (1291) are to St. Cuthbert. The plan consists of nave (without aisles), chancel and western tower, porch and entrance on the south side, and there is also a good doorway on the north side built up with masonry. The cills of the windows at the west end of the nave are high up to suit the level of the 'commodious singers gallery' that once existed here. This was cleared away during the restorations made by the late squire, James T. Edge, in 1877, when the lath and plaster ceiling over the chancel was replaced with an open timber roof of oak, the walls cleaned of whitewash and re-plastered, and a vestry added on the north side. The details of the old portion of the church correspond with the work at Nuthall - the two churches were apparently built at about the same time and by the same craftsmen. The only monument of interest is to Edmund Helwys, buried 24th October, 1590. He wished to be buried 'in the chancel, or near the pue door, with arms showing his marriage above.' The tomb was shifted from its place during alterations to the church in 1833, and eventually broken up, only the marble tablet remains fixed on the north wall of the chancel. It contains a shield bearing a fesse over all a bend. Then follows an inscription in Latin verse, very much defaced and difficult to decipher, lamenting the decease of father and daughter at the same time. (information from www.nottshistory.org.uk)