The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin in Bishops Cannings is Grade 1 listed, originating in the 12th or 13th century, with many early English features surviving. It was altered in the 14th and 15th centuries and restored in the 19th.
Pevsner writes that it has “uncommon size and nobility”, being part of a Bishop’s estate.
The spire, added in the 15th century, has eight cast bells which are still rung regularly.