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St Mary's Church

Set near a beautiful village green, this unusual barrel-vaulted neo-Norman church is appealingly simple inside and out, but has many interesting furnishings including: a Jacobean pulpit; a 17th-century communion table; a series of carved panels in the vestry; a vestry door from York Minster…

St Mary's Church

St Mary’s stands above the water meadows of South Cowton, with views of the neighbouring castle on the hill to the south. Sir Richard Conyers, a supporter of the House of York, erected both buildings between 1450 and 1470 at the start of the Wars of the Roses…

St Mary's Church

This enchanting Norman church, with a stone roof and grey sandstone walls, has fine views over Wharfedale…

St Mary's Church

Since being rescued by a group of walkers in 1931, St Mary’s has been known as the Ramblers’ Church. The repairs made then are recorded on the back of the church door. The church stands alone in the middle of a field filled with the bumps and furrows of earthworks that indicate the site of a Medieval manor house, for which St Mary?s was probably originally the chapel…

St Mary's Church

It is rare for this charming little church, or its hamlet, to be noticed by drivers on the busy trunk road between York and Teesside, but it is simple and unspoilt, and well worth a visit…

St Michael & St Martin's Church

This picture-postcard Medieval church stands in a gently sloping churchyard by the river Leach, just a stone’s throw from its sister church at Eastleach Turville on the opposite bank…

St Michael's Church

Built of warm-toned sandstone, Medieval St Michael?s elegant spire is seen above the trees, in rolling wooded countryside, where the boundaries of four counties meet. Nearby are earthworks of former settlements, but now only a few scattered houses remain. With late 18th-century box pews and other fittings, but with no major Victorian restoration, it is an uncommon survival of a Medieval church where time has stood still. There are good bosses in the roof and a fine incised alabaster slab…

St Michael's Church

The brick-and-greensand church tower of St Michael’s can be seen on a hillside above the main road and the church has great views over gently rolling countryside…

St Michael's Church

Set in gently rolling countryside, St Michael’s Church stands framed by the large trees surrounding the part-moated farm to the east…

St Michael's Church

Surrounded by picturesque countryside, you reach Medieval St Michael’s by walking along a country lane, over a stile and across a field…