Great Longstone

Here life is centred around an ancient village green with a stone ‘cross’ atop timeworn steps. Notable buildings in this attractive village include an elegant red brick hall, the old Manor House adjacent to one of the village pubs, and St Giles church with its early stonework and finely carved oak roofs. Church Lane Farm with its row of stone troughs was once a brewery; its beer was taken as a remedy when typhus struck the village in 1820 and not a single life was lost!