Every year for Easter come rain or shine, a crowd of people from the surrounding villages carrying umbrellas and chairs gather outside England's smallest church in Foxely for a Rogation Service.

Based at the heart of Cowage Farm and measuring only 4m long and 3.4m wide, Bremilham Church has been offering the Easter Service for more that 30? years although its history is somewhat muddled.

Bindi Collins and her husband first took over the farm in 1955 where they restored the dilapidated building, used by previous owners as a turkey shelter and had it blessed by a bishop.

The 85-year-old said: "I don't know much about the history of the church but I do know there was a much bigger church here originally and for one reason or another, it was pulled down in the 1800s. It is unusual to not know why it was pulled down as church records are normally very good. The current church is on a raised piece of ground and and I wonder if that was where the original piece of ground was.

"When we came here it was unused. It was used by previous owners to keep turkeys in but for how long I'm not sure. The Vicar at the time, Mr Burnley was doing Sunday School for the children in the house and in the summer they used the church and it was then he suggested that we did Rogation service so that is when it started really."

The church, which can only fit ten people sitting and standing was named as England's Smallest Church in use by the Guinness Book of World Records which caused a stir in Wales who argued St Trillo's was the smallest in the British Isles.

Mrs Collins said: "We do have quite a few people coming to look at it from all of the country. We had a lady from New Zealand come a few weeks ago looking for information on one of her ancestors.

"Apart from the Rogation Services, we have had my husbands burial and four christenings - my great great grandson was christened last October. I hope my grandson will carry it on as well."

On Sunday, May 1 Bremilham Church held their annual Rogation Service where this year's crops were blessed and more than 90 adults and 10 children braved the cold to hear the service outside the tiny church.

Mrs Collins added: "It was lovely and a lot of people managed to get into my little house - they got in but they had a job getting out I'm sure! It doesn't matter how many people come as long as they want to come to the service.