All Saints' Church, Yafforth

All Saints' Church, Yafforth
All Saints' Church, Yafforth
54°20′41.6″N 1°28′17.66″W
OS grid reference	SE 34434 94489
Location	Yafforth, North Yorkshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	All Saints
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II Listed[1]
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Leeds
Archdeaconry	Richmond and Craven
Deanery	Wensley[2]
Parish	Ainderby Steeple with Yafforth and Kirby Wiske with Maunby

All Saints' Church, Yafforth, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England[3] 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.[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

1. Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Yafforth Road (1150995)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
2. "All Saints, Yafforth". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
3. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: The North Riding. Yale University Press. p. 405. ISBN 0140710299.
4. "Consecration of a new church at Yafforth". The York Herald. England. 20 August 1870. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.