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St Margaret's Church
Built on the site of an eleventh century chapel, the church is the most prominent landmark in Blackfordby. The original chapel was built from local sandstone and was small enough to have fitted inside the current church. Unfortunately, by the mid-nineteenth century it had fallen into a state of disrepair and was consequently rebuilt in its present from in 1857-58. Recycling was underway even then - the bell is inscribed "Blackfordby church bells from 1663 and 1724 helped in making this bell 1888". The three grave yards date from the sixteenth century, 1840s and 1950s.


Blackfordby Memorial Clock
The three faces of the clock were installed in the steeple of St Margaret's Church in the 1920s. They stand as a memorial to those from Blackfordby killed in World War I. The clock is maintained by money raised by the villagers and must be hand-wound once a week.


The Village Spring
The spring was the only source of clean water in Blackfordby until the advent of the mains water supply in the 1930s. Although now only a trickle, the Main Street site has recently been refurbished by enthusiastic villagers to make a feature of the spring. Recent tests have shown that the water is no longer fit for human consumption, although many villagers disagree with these findings.

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