Willoughby on the Wolds is a village on the southern tip of Nottinghamshire near the Leicestershire border. The parish church of St Mary and All Saints consists of a chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, N chapel and W tower with spire. The only possible feature relevant to the Corpus is part of the S arcade which may be very late Transitional.

Willoughby on the Wolds is mentioned in DB, with one holding in the lands of Roger de Poitou and the other in the land of the Thegns though neither a church nor priest is referred to. The S arcade is the oldest portion of the church. The remainder of the nave dates to the 13th century, as does the N chapel. The chancel is also of 13th century date whilst the W tower is 14th century. The church was restored in 1891 and 1908, and is notable for the very fine willoughby monuments in the N chapel.

The S arcade is suggested by the fieldworker as dating from the late Romanesque era at the very end of the 12th century. However, the official listing text describes it as 13thc. Some details are undoubtedly EE, while others could be described as late Transitional. The slenderness of the columns and the fully pointed arches of the arcade, together with the keeled E respond, would suggest the balance of probability leans towards a post-c1200 date. However, the foliate decoration of the Pier 2 capital together with its Attic-style chamfered base with parallel tooling marks suggests close affinity with a Romanesque stylistic legacy. One wonders whether the piers could have been carved by different craftsmen around 1200.