On English churches (part 5) - St James’ (sort of)

St James' Church in Tedstone Delemere Herefordshire We are the Village Green Preservation Society (Ooh, ooh, ooh) The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society. When researching churches, sites like National Churches Trust and Churches Conservation Trust and indeed the churches themselves, make it very clear they want people to visit, to sign the visitor book and perhaps drop a little donation into the provided wall safe. Its how they stay open and get money from the Diocese. These days, if they don't, then churches are likely to end up as 'unique period 4 bed-room property. Room for a pony'. St James in the Herefordshire village of Tedstone Delaware is definitely heading straight to '4 bedroom, conversion possible with planning' territory. Its a beautiful church, one of only 7 in the county with Anglo Saxon origins, but the problems begin trying to get there. I'm on foot and my OS map tells me there are several permissive paths across the field to the church. There isn't. What…