All Saints' Church, Yafforth

All Saints’ Church, Yafforth
All Saints’ Church, Yafforth
54°20′41.6″N 1°28′17.66″W / 54.344889°N 1.4715722°W / 54.344889; -1.4715722Coordinates: 54°20′41.6″N 1°28′17.66″W / 54.344889°N 1.4715722°W / 54.344889; -1.4715722
Location	Yafforth
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	All Saints
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II Listed^[1]
Administration
Parish	Ainderby Steeple with Yafforth and Kirby Wiske with Maunby
Deanery	Wensley^[2]
Archdeaconry	Richmond and Craven
Diocese	Leeds
Province	York

All Saints’ Church, Yafforth is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England^[3]^:405 in Yafforth, North Yorkshire.

History

The church dates from the twelfth century but was almost completely rebuilt in 1870 to designs by the architect James Pigott Pritchett of Darlington. Pritchett died in 1868 before the church was completed. A new east window was provided and designed by Clayton and Bell.

The rebuilt church was consecrated on 11 August 1870.^[4]

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with

St Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple
St Andrew’s Church, Great Fencote
St Wilfrid’s Church, Great Langton
St John the Baptist's Church, Kirby Wiske
St Mary’s Church, Kirkby Fleetham
St Radegund's Church, Scruton

References

↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Yafforth Road (1150995)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
↑ "All Saints, Yafforth". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: The North Riding. Yale University Press. ISBN 0140710299.
↑ "Consecration of a new church at Yafforth". York Herald. England. 20 August 1870. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

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