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The current Dutch Reformed Church from 1783 did have an older predecessor, possibly from the 16th century. That old church was seriously damaged in 1781 during a village riot about the appointment of a new schoolmaster. It was decided to demolish it and build a new one. On 29 September 1941, the tower (from 1872) burned down after it was hit by a crashing English plane. The church was restored in phases between 1963 and 2001. On 20 May 2003, the weather vane was replaced and the restoration was completed. On that occasion, the booklet Dutch (sic) Reformed Church Blijham - Then and Now (48-02/51-04) was published.

Neo-church with a tower from 1866. It was built to replace an older church. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dutch Reformed Church. Consisting of the choir of the late 15th century Lambertus Church, destroyed in 1587. Closed on three sides, provided with buttresses, pointed arch windows, slate saddle roof with roof turret, in which bell from 1668 by P. Hemony. The church restored in 1963. Double copper eight-light crown, cast by Borghart in Den Bosch in 1794; tombstone from 1561 for "frater Thomas de Berhey". Bell frame with bell by Pieter Hemony, 1668, diam. 56.5 cm.

Reformed Church and tower, situated on a churchyard. Simple church building from 1757 with built-in west tower. In the church 17th century pulpit, baptismal fence and four pews, one 17th century and three 18th century gravestones. Two-manual organ made in 1891 by Bakker and Timmenga. In the roof turret hangs a clock by F. Haetiser, 1546, diameter 101 cm. Mechanical tower clock G. Delouche, Paris.

Beautifully situated church with tower from 1671. Expanded several times. Especially from the churchyard clearly visible.

Beautiful neoclassical church with tower. Restoration in 1947. In Bovensmilde, along the Drentse Hoofdvaart, lies the site with the Reformed Church and associated parsonage. Due to its intactness and beautiful location, the complex was declared a national monument in 1995. These national monuments are of both cultural-historical and architectural-historical importance. In 2010, the church building was transferred by the owner, the Protestant community of Bovensmilde, to Het Drentse Landschap. The parsonage followed in 2015. The church was built between 1868 and 1870 and is a so-called Waterstaatskerk. Such churches were built in the period 1824-1875 with financial support from the national government. The building has neoclassical features, such as the symmetrical construction and the use of pediments and cornices. The parsonage dates from 1862 and is eclectic in style. The parsonage is a national monument.

Historical church with roof turret, Originally a Gothic church building, now consisting only of a single-aisled nave of seven bays, with a wooden roof turret on the ridge and an extended portal against the east facade. The church is oriented and stands on the spacious, moated churchyard in the centre of the village.

Reformed Church. Built in 1678-81 and largely renovated in 1844, retaining the substructure. Simple hall church with three-sided closure and stepped gable on the entrance side. Organ with main work and subpositive, made in 1856 by Gebr. Scheuer. Mechanical tower clockwork, has been decommissioned.

The Reformed Church in Hedel was built around 1640 in a semi-Gothic transitional style on the foundations of the transept and choir of a larger cruciform church.

The church was founded in 1828 by AM Baroness Mackay. Hall church with roof turret. This church falls under the Protestant Community of Venray and surroundings, and is currently only in use in the summer.