In the north wall of the tower, look out for a pale stone decorated with crockets in alternating directions. It is part of an Anglo-Saxon “becun”, or preaching cross, evidence that this was a place of Christian worship before the Norman Conquest. Such crosses were assembly-places for worshippers when services were provided by visiting priests from larger churches or minsters. There were Anglo-Saxon minsters at Ledbury, Bromyard and Leominster. Other stones with chevrons and possibly Saxon carvings, apparently from the same quarry, are set randomly into the external walls, particularly of the chancel, suggesting parts of an older church building have been re-used.