St Oswald's Church, East Harlsey Explained

St Oswald's Church is an Anglican church in East Harlsey, a village in North Yorkshire.

A church was built on the site in the 12th century, from which period some of the walls survive, and there is a 15th-century window in the south wall of the chancel. It was altered in the 17th century, and the south porch and bellcote are of this date.[1] The church was largely rebuilt in 1885 by Austin, Johnson and Hicks.[2] It was grade II* listed in 1970.

The church is built of stone with slate roofs, and consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, and a chancel with a north aisle. At the west end is a double bellcote with rusticated stonework, four-centred arched bell openings, a moulded cornice, and a pyramidal gable surmounted and flanked by squat obelisks. The porch has a coped gable with three ball finials, and contains a four-centred arched opening with a chamfered surround. Inside, there is an effigy of a knight dating from the 1320s and an 18th-century monument of carved marble.[3]

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  1. Book: A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2 . 1923 . Victoria County History . London . 31 July 2024.
  2. Book: Butler . Lawrence . The Yorkshire Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne . 2007 . Yorkshire Archaeological Society . 9781903564806.
  3. Book: Grenville. Jane. Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: The North Riding. . 2023 . 1966 . New Haven and London . 978-0-300-25903-2 .