[1] As a traditional catholic parish, it is a member of Forward in Faith and receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Oswestry.

The Parliamentarians as they captured the town shut their prisoners in the church and somehow the powder was detonated with great loss of life.

[4][5] The fine wagon roof is of a pattern typical for this part of England, while the window tracery to the nave, aisles and chancel are Geometric dating to about 1861 and are by William White.

Opposite this in an oak cabinet is an original wax impression of the Great Seal of England from the reign of James I.

During the restoration of 1861-64 (when the old galleries and box pews were removed) the pulpit was moved and the matching sounding board was thrown out.

The rood hanging in the chancel arch was added in 2002 and was formerly in St Oswald's Church, Small Heath in Birmingham where it had been given as a war memorial.

The border shows two of his inventions: the thermosiphon (the founder of the central heating systems) and a calculating machine, a forerunner of the modern computer, and which was admired by his contemporary Charles Babbage.

Cock, a local builder who also designed the nearby Pannier Market; his initials are set into the cobbles of the path outside the South West door.

The carved stone heads by the West door are 19th-century and represent Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII.

[3] Media related to St Michael and All Angels Church, Great Torrington at Wikimedia Commons