St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale
| St Gregory's Minster | |
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Kirkdale, Yorkshire | |
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| Status: | Parish church |
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| Church of England | |
| Diocese of York | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE676857 |
| Location: | 54°15’47"N, 0°57’46"W |
| History | |
| Built about 1060 | |
| Anglo-Saxon | |
| Information | |
St Gregory's Minster is an Anglo-Saxon church with a rare sundial, standimg in Kirkdale in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is near near Kirkbymoorside in the Vale of Pickering.
The church is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The minster was built around 1060 on the site of an earlier church. Major modifications were completed in the 15th century and in the 1800s. The church was restored during 1907–1909.[1] The building is similar in style and age to that of St Hilda's, Ellerburn.
The Parish of Kirkdale is a local ecumenical partnership[2] with
- St Saviour's Church, Harome
- St Hilda's Church, Beadlam
- All Saints’ Church, Nunnington
- St John the Baptist's Church, Pockley
Aerial view from the north-west
From the west
Interior from the west
Interior from the east
Stained glass
Font
Organ
Weathercock
Roof
Sundial
The sundial above the church door dates to the 11th century (c. 1055 to 1065).[3]
The inscription on the sundial is in Old English and is translated as follows by Historic England:
- "Orm Gamal's son bought St Gregory's Minster when it was all broken down and fallen and he let it be made anew from the ground to Christ and St Gregory, in Edward's days, the king, and in Tosti's days, the Earl. This is day's Sun marker at every tide. And Haworth me wrought and Brand, priests."
The name Tosti refers to Tostig Godwinson, the Earl who rebuilt a monastery in Tynemouth Castle and Priory at Tynemouth, during the reign of Edward the Confessor, in about 1065.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale) |
- Kirkdale Churches: St Gregory's Minster
- "Kirkdale", Ormerod.uk.net, description of the Minster reproduced from guides published by the Parochial Church Council
- Information on St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale from GENUKI
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1149213: St Gregory's Minster, Welburn (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Welcome". Kirkdale Churches. http://www.kirkdalechurches.org.uk/welcome/. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ Kilpatrick, Kelly A. (16 September 2010). "St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire". University of Oxford. http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/items/show/355.
- ↑ Gibson, William Sidney (1846–1847). The history of the monastery founded at Tynemouth, in the diocese of Durham, to the honour of God, under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and S. Oswin, king and martyr, Vol. 1. London. pp. 15–17. https://books.google.com/books?id=aLhCAQAAMAAJ&q=King+edward+earl+tosti&pg=PA17.
