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Medieval parish churches of York

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materials, including blocks of brown sandstone and limestone blocks, some laid in herringbone fashion; the quoins are mainly of brown sandstone laid in a "side-alternate" fashion and with no buttresses, factors which often mark Anglo-Saxon architecture. Another typical feature is found in the double-arched belfry windows with a single round column dividing them, in this case outlined in strip-work, with the imposts on the columns projecting out from the wall. The rather plain lower section tapers slightly from base to top, with the decoration of the belfry section on each of the four sides. Inside the church is reported "the finest pre-Conquest tower arch". There are also fragments of pre-Conquest stonework inside this church. Adjacent to this site there was formerly St Mary Bishophill Senior, with early Anglo-Saxon features such as monolithic construction, on the base of a Romano-British wall which could possibly also have been a church. There is now no trace of this, although it was reported to stand as a ruin in 1961.
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chancel was added (probably in the 12th century), the chancel was lengthened and the nave walls rebuilt (possibly early fourteenth century), the whole church was rebuilt to make it wider, though the length was the same as the older building (around 1400), and finally, around 1500, the nave was lengthened and the north wall probably rebuilt. In 1549, the parish was added to that of St Cuthbert and the church started to decay. Some remains were still standing in 1580.
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Rector and is late Perpendicular of 1470–1480, a rare date in York glass. The churchyard is secluded behind rows of old buildings, accessed by narrow alleyways. It is about as close as you can get to how a church would have looked after the Reformation: dark, quiet, homely, with uneven floors, high box pews and plain walls. With candlelight it must perfectly evoke the late 17th century. It is a Grade I listed building.
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at that period. The church closed 1934. It later became the Institute of Architecture of the York Academic Trust, which merged into the new University of York. The university used it as an Arts Centre in the 1960s, but it was subsequently sold and is now a bar. A particular item of interest is the bells, whose ropes hang around the bar float! There is occasional ringing, however not very often.
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building is now. The first known mention of it was in the twelfth century. In 1586, the parish was amalgamated with that of St Olave, but when it was demolished is not known. The churchyard was still in use for the burial of plague victims in 1605, and it is possible that executed criminals were also
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is simple rectangular building, with the earliest parts including the tower base dating from the 12th century. Much of the current building dates from the 15th century, though the east end was rebuilt in the middle of the 19th to enable the widening of North Street and there was extensive restoration
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in the 1970s, and a number of phases of building or rebuilding were identified. The original church was a small rectangular building, with stone walls that included re-used Roman stones. It seems to have been built in the late 9th or early 10th century. There were four later building phases: a small
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This church (also known as St Edward the Martyr, Walmgate-Bar-Without) was built before 1213 but fell into decay in the sixteenth century. It was situated on the north side of Lawrence Street, near what is now Lansdowne Terrace. Over the years, construction workers in the area have uncovered burials
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is the oldest surviving church within the city walls. The church is situated within what was the colonia or civil quarter of the Roman garrison of Eboracum and pieces of Roman tilework can be observed found in the Tower. The tower itself is of the late Anglo-Saxon period with masonry of very mixed
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The church dates back to the 12th century, although the current building owes rather more to the 13th–15th centuries: although part of the Chancel dates from the 12th century, the South Aisle and Chapel date from 1340, the Tower and North Aisle were built in the first half of the 15th century. The
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Founded in the first half of the 12th century, its architecture is that of the 13th and 14th centuries, with woodwork and pews of the 17th and 18th centuries. The church is a good example of how a church was arranged after the Reformation. The stained glass over the altar is a gift of John Walker,
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are remnants of the Benedictine priory church, itself on the site of the pre-Conquest church. The present five bay aisled nave is late 12th and early 13th century, the tower built after 1453. The church quickly fell into serious decay after the dissolution of the priory in 1538, and the extensive
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But the church's most notable feature – as is so often the case in York – is its medieval stained glass. The windows are decorated and perpendicular in style. The best is the late Perpendicular east window: this dates from 1470 to 1471 and was presented by the then rector, John Walker. The glass
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is included here for completeness, as, strictly speaking, this is not a medieval church. The original church was completely demolished and rebuilt between 1525 and 1536, and the only part of the building surviving from the old church is the fourteenth-century stained glass in the east window.
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depicts saints, including St George and St Christopher, as well as heraldic shields, around a central panel in which a representation of God as the Trinity holding the dead Christ, with the donors at his feet. Other features include a simple 15th-century font and wall plaques recalling
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St Helen, located in what is now Winterscale Street, east of Fishergate, was granted to Holy Trinity Priory by Ralph Paganel in 1086. The church fell into disuse in the late fifteenth century, and the parish was amalgamated with that of St Lawrence in 1586. Drake, in
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area (the other survivor is St Denys, above). It dates back to at least the 12th century, though most of the present structure is 14th century. The major exceptions are the red brick tower, built in 1684 after the collapse of a previous tower, and the
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First clear reference to this church is in 1331, though circumstantial evidence exists in a priest of 'Leirthorp' being witness to a charter in 1184–9. Closed in 1549 and parish united with St. Cuthbert, Peaseholme Green in 1586.
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John Beane and the Corporation resulted in the refurbishment of St Martin, the uniting of its parish with that of St Gregory and the demolition of the latter. The combined parish was designated as St Martin-cum-Gregory in 1586.
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St Nicholas adjoined Holy Trinity Priory but had its own parish. Its tower was rebuilt in the 1450s with funds from the priory, as the parishioners could not afford its repair. However, the church was demolished before 1550.
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Largely rebuilt in the nineteenth century, closed in 1886 and fell into disuse (by 1896 it housed a small flock of sheep). It was demolished in 1937, but some of the gravestones from its churchyard can be seen in
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restoration from the 1850s onward included a chancel and vestry 1886–7 and a north porch and rebuilt west front 1902–5. The church now has an exhibition for visitors on the monastic life of the priory.
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Part of the twelfth-century St Nicholas's Hospital, founded in 1142. Few references to the church survive, apart from a single bequest of a hive of bees, until it was used during the 1644
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doorway, formerly one of the entrances to the nave. The old nave and chancel is marked out in medieval and 18th-19th century gravestones, including those of the Heskeths and Yarburghs of
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dates from the 13th century; the remaining building dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. This church is being developed as a stained glass centre and is an occasional arts venue.
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Disused and partly demolished in 1586, although some remains are still visible on the map of York which is part of John Speed's map of Yorkshire of 1610, including York as the
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was founded in the eleventh century, but most of the present building is fourteenth and fifteenth century. The land on which the church was erected was reputedly donated by
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and Toft Green. It was first mentioned in the twelfth century. In around 1548, the church of St Martin on Micklegate was scheduled for closure, but an agreement between
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Demolished in 1876 and replaced by a new church, which itself was demolished in 1966. Some of its graveyard is still to be seen on the corner of Lord Mayor's Walk.
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was married in 1719). This dates back to the twelfth century, although its top storey was added in the fifteenth century. The tower, which is in the care of the
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The church was suppressed in 1585. The dedication was restored in 1760 for a Catholic chapel on a different site, and in 1802 this was rebuilt on the site in
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Campanology site with pictures and information about St Nicholas, St Crux, Holy Trinity King's Square, St Mary Bishophill Senior, St Maurice and St Margaret
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or hermitage built of concrete in the 1920s on the site of a house occupied by a hermit on the early 15th century. Internally there are fifteenth-century
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The churchyard remains, including a number of memorials, and the 19th-century wall and gates. This incorporates part of a tenth-century building.
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of the original medieval building, and occupies about one-third of its space – the west end was demolished in 1797, and the central tower (whose
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This church is known only from a document of 1203, with Robert Vavasour as a patron. Lounelithgate is now known as Victor Street.
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in its Hungate dig, 2006–2013. The foundations were partly uncovered and its location established as part of that project in 2013.
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On demolition, some monuments and fittings were moved to St Clements, Scarcroft Road, and parts of the fabric were re-used in the
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This church was suppressed in the sixteenth century and ruinous by 1644. Its churchyard (with the supposed gravestone of
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before the Conquest, the medieval church was restored in the 18th century. A new chancel was added in 1887–9 designed by
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The church originally stood near the end of Picadilly but no visible remains survive. First referenced in 1093-4 under
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in 1887, but the remains of the medieval chancel-arch can still be seen above the east window inside the church.
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box pews are recorded as being repaired in 1633, and new ones added in 1700–1725. The pulpit dates from 1695.
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St Margaret was restored and enlarged in 1850–1, but its congregation gradually declined and it was declared
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This was a small church, located on the east side of Barker Lane (previously called Gregory Lane), between
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It was built in or before the eleventh century, and was located south of Paragon Street. It was given to
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and was built before 1160. It was enlarged in the fifteenth century but, along with the churchyard and
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The church is linked with St Michael-le-Belfrey and currently used for 'alternative' forms of worship.
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which was closed in 1536. The church itself closed in 1547, but some ruins were still to be seen when
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and first mentioned in 1279. Excavations in 1827 and 1945 uncovered wall footings and a graveyard.
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building is Victorian, but in its churchyard is the small tower of its predecessor (in which Sir
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in 1644, and was later struck by lightning in 1700) was replaced by the present tower in 1847.
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could be expanded. The present east end (originally the crossing) was rebuilt to a design by
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is in use as an art space with changing exhibitions organised by York Museums Trust.
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York: Vol V The Central Area
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in 1300. Twenty survive, in whole or in part, a number surpassed in England only by
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until its adaptation for use as a performance space and conference facility by the
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List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England
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It possibly dated back to pre-Conquest times, then became part of a 12th-century
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area included reused Roman and Northumbrian stones. It was restored in 1866 by
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end of the Square is a large inscribed paving stone commemorating the church.
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is one of the two medieval churches that survive from the original six in the
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St Giles, the church of the Skinners Guild, was situated at the north end of
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Grade I listed churches in the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of York
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List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches
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raised above the level of the surrounding roads. It is dedicated to St
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In 1548 it was proposed that the parish should be united with that of
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and Back Swinegate, was built before 1154 and demolished around 1300.
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The most noticeable feature of the church's exterior is the octagonal
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tunnel-vaulted south porch which is enriched with carvings of the
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Surviving medieval churches and those of which fragments remain
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Looking Back at Micklegate, Nunnery Lane and Bishophill: York
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Looking Back at Micklegate, Nunnery Lane and Bishophill: York
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This church was located on or near the east corner of York's
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The Medieval Parish Churches of York: the pictorial evidence
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is run by St Michael's York Trust and is in use as a café (
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inn, which still exists. The church is being excavated by
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Holy Trinity (also known as Christ Church), King's Square
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The church's name relates to the adjacent turnpike (now
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is now in use as a resource and teaching centre by the
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in 1974. It was subsequently used as a store for the
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The building is designated 2309:Lists of churches in England 2141:Holy Trinity, Acaster Malbis 2096:Christ Church, Stockton Lane 1998:St Lawrence, Lawrence Street 1978:St Cuthbert, Peasholme Green 1753:Evans, Antonia, ed. (2002). 1120:St Nicholas, Lawrence Street 1006:The mediaeval church in the 715:Demolished medieval churches 615:It is generally agreed that 460:St Lawrence, Lawrence Street 329:St Cuthbert, Peasholme Green 75:listed eight churches and a 2253:Southlands Methodist Church 2086:Old St Andrew, Bishopthorpe 2081:All Saints, Upper Poppleton 1694:Avril E. Webster Appleton, 1658:Avril E. Webster Appleton, 1596:. 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It was adjacent to the 705:York Archaeological Trust 701:St Saviour's Church, York 685:St Sampson, Church Street 661: 617:St Mary Bishophill Junior 603:St Mary Bishophill Junior 571:Inside St Martin's Church 221:Holy Trinity, Goodramgate 212:Holy Trinity, Goodramgate 18:St Mary Bishophill Senior 2248:Central Methodist Church 2227:St George, George Street 2028:St Michael, Spurriergate 1968:St Andrew, St Andrewgate 1963:Holy Trinity, Micklegate 1941:All Saints, North Street 1931:Medieval parish churches 1734:; Neave, David (1995) . 1492:Anglo-Saxon Architecture 1466:. stainedglasscentre.org 1197:St Wilfrid, Blake Street 1189:, but it was annexed to 1161:South of Walmgate, near 810:St Clement, Clementhorpe 635:St Michael, Spurriergate 433:Inside St Helen's Church 417:had been damaged in the 285:St Andrew, St Andrewgate 279:St Andrew, St Andrewgate 272:Holy Trinity, Micklegate 258:Holy Trinity, Micklegate 99:All Saints, North Street 91:All Saints, North Street 2205:Roman Catholic churches 2166:St Nicholas, Dunnington 2156:St Mary, Askham Richard 2091:St Andrew, Bishopthorpe 2064:Other Anglican churches 2008:St Martin, Coney Street 1983:St Denys's Church, York 1259:"York and its Churches" 1148:St Nicholas, Micklegate 883:St Gregory, Barker Lane 644:The Spurriergate Centre 387:St Denys's Church, York 2217:English Martyrs Church 2171:Old St Oswald, Fulford 2121:St Giles, Copmanthorpe 2071:All Saints, Huntington 1181:St Stephen, Fishergate 1109: 1093: 1061:This section is empty. 1037:St Mary, Lounelithgate 1003: 968:St John's-in-the-Marsh 755: 720:All Saints, Fishergate 612: 572: 563:St Martin Coney Street 505: 469: 434: 338: 299: 270:The nave and tower of 267: 223: 197:; the east windows by 167: 130:with a tall octagonal 100: 2263:York Unitarian Chapel 2196:St Thomas, Osbaldwick 2003:St Margaret, Walmgate 1757:. 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Index

St Mary Bishophill Senior
53°57′29″N 1°04′55″W / 53.958°N 1.082°W / 53.958; -1.082
York
parish churches
Norwich
Domesday Book
minster

All Saints
Ralph de Paganel
tenant-in-chief
Hooton Pagnell
River Ouse
timber-framed
tower
spire
anchorhold
hammerbeam roofs
stained glass
Prick of Conscience
End of the World

All Saints
Norman Conquest
Pavement
George Edmund Street
lantern
Miracle Plays
Kempe
Angelo Raine

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