All Saints' Church, Yafforth Explained

All Saints' Church, Yafforth
Coordinates:	54.3449°N -1.4716°W
Osgraw:	SE 34434 94489
Location:	Yafforth, North Yorkshire
Country:	England
Denomination:	Church of England
Dedication:	All Saints
Parish:	Ainderby Steeple with Yafforth and Kirby Wiske with Maunby
Deanery:	Wensley^[1]
Archdeaconry:	Richmond and Craven
Diocese:	Leeds
Province:	York

All Saints' Church, Yafforth, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England^[2] 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. A new east window was provided and designed by Clayton and Bell.

The rebuilt church was consecrated on 11 August 1870.^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: All Saints, Yafforth . . A Church Near You . The Church of England. 26 December 2016 .
2. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus . 1966. The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: The North Riding. Yale University Press. 0140710299. 405.
3. News: . Consecration of a new church at Yafforth . The York Herald . England . 20 August 1870 . 26 December 2016 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription.