The best churches in the Chilterns have been captured on camera in a major new project.

Nine members of the Chiltern Society PhotoGroup have recently completed a project to record 17 significant Chilterns churches for the group’s photo archive.

The stunning photographs capture the artistic and architectural splendour of the historic churches, including ones in South Bucks.

The Church of All Saints in Bisham, the Bedford Chapel in St Michael’s Church, Chenies and Jordans Meeting Hall were captured in all their breathtaking glory.

The meeting hall was built in 1688 and the unmortared brick floor is original.

 St Lawrence church, in West Wycombe, St John’s church in Little Missenden and St Giles church, in Stoke Poges were also featured.

The arches in St John’s church are Norman and the wall paintings, mostly uncovered in 1931 and faded, span four centuries.

The project, which began in early 2014, was inspired by Simon Jenkins’ best-selling book, England’s Thousand Best Churches, published in 1999.

PhotoGroup member, Susan Tripp, came up with the idea of creating a collection of photos of Chilterns churches and throughout 2014 Michael Bowker, Don Collier, Roland Gillott, John Hockey, Keith Hoffmeister, Chris Howe, Dennis Jeffrey and Susan shared the task of capturing the beauty of the historic churches.

The new album for the archive is made up of over 200 pictures of the Chiltern churches, personally chosen by Simon Jenkins.

The new photo selection joins 7,250 other photographs of the Chilterns in the archive, which aims to record the special character, qualities and amenities of the Chilterns for future generations to appreciate.  

To view the photographs online, visit www.chilternphoto.org.uk/Special-Collections/Best-Chiltern-Churches.