In 1895, the Rev. Gardner wrote in the Goldhanger Parish magazine… "Where are the men on Sunday mornings? I need not ask. They shuffle in at the fag end of an idle day and think this is fitting to the Lord." He continued.... "Morbus Sabbaticus, or Sunday sickness, is a disease peculiar to non-Churchgoers. The disease comes on suddenly every Sunday; no symptoms are felt on Saturday night, the patient sleeps well, eats a hearty breakfast, but about church-time the attack comes on, and continues till the services are over for the morning, then the patient feels easy and eats a hearty dinner." "In the afternoon he feels much better and is able to take a walk on the wall and talk politics, but about church-time he gets another attack and stays home. He retires early, sleeps well and wakes up on Monday morning refreshed and able to go to work, and does not have further symptoms of the disease until the next Sunday." St Peter's Church dates from the 11th century: the south side was added in the 14th century and the tower added to the west end of the church in the 15th century.