A little research into the ancestry of the saint to whom your nearest old church is dedicated might provide some fascinating revelation!

It was Sunday night, and the bell of the nearest church struck the hour.

"Now show me where the nearest Coptic church is situated."

Thousands more gave in to impulse and ducked into the nearest church, synagogue or mosque on the way to work.

Upon realizing this situation they would rush to sanctuary at the nearest church until it was safe to come out.

Without a grasp of the local dialect you couldn't ask your way to the nearest church, never mind anything else.

The nearest church would be in Banbury - if there was one there then.

The village is an old farming community, with its nearest church a mile away in Pirton.

On Sundays a detail would march out to the nearest Polish church to attend mass.

Right up until the late 18th century, the nearest church was the country chapel near Ulmet.