Through Members’ Subscriptions and staging Events, we raise funds to maintain and improve our historic, Grade I listed Church.

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After establishment costs, the annual income of St.James’ does not even cover the normal operational maintenance of the building, let alone the additional capital expenditure necessary to maintain a Grade I listed building. The Parish can’t meet the ongoing need for restoration and improvement which is required if St. James’ is to continue to serve its parish and the community in its varied roles. The history of the church in Nayland takes us back over at least six centuries. There is a document signed at Nayland in 1303 in which Edward I proclaims the independence of his “King’s Free-Chapel of Nayland” from any jurisdiction by the Bishop of Norwich. Read more in our history page.