English Heritage sites near Sancton Parish
HOWDEN MINSTER
12 miles from Sancton Parish
The elaborately decorated ruins of a 14th-century chancel and chapter house (viewable only from the outside), attached to the still operational cathedral-like minster church.
ST PETER'S CHURCH, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
14 miles from Sancton Parish
Located in North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian times.
WHARRAM PERCY DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
16 miles from Sancton Parish
The most famous and intensively studied of Britain's 3,000 or so deserted medieval villages, Wharram Percy occupies a remote but attractive site in a beautiful Wolds valley.
THORNTON ABBEY AND GATEHOUSE
18 miles from Sancton Parish
Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.
SKIPSEA CASTLE
19 miles from Sancton Parish
An impressive Norman motte and bailey castle, dating from before 1086 and among the first raised in Yorkshire, with the earthworks of an attendant fortified 'borough'.
KIRKHAM PRIORY
19 miles from Sancton Parish
Beautifully placed between the city of York and the town of Malton, the riverside ruins of Kirkham Priory are set in the beautiful Derwent valley near the Yorkshire Wolds.
Churches in Sancton Parish
Sancton All Saints
King Street
Sancton
York
(01430) 879996
All Saints Church is located on the north of the valley .High up and very visible Its 15th Century lantern tower is unique in the East Riding in that it is octagonal from foot to top. The tower boasts an attractive stained glass window that has been recently restored. We have three bells (two circa 1600 ) which are tolled by electronic clangers . They also ring the time between 8am and 8pm .
The nave and chancel of the church were rebuilt in the EE style in 1869-71 by JB&W Atkinson. The chancel retains a Saxon priest's doorway. Chevron voussoirs and cushion capitals reset in the west wall survive from an earlier 12th Century church. Marmaduke Lord Langdale (died 1661), a royalist cavalry commander , is buried underneath an inscribed floor slab near the altar. The 15th Century octagonal font is decorated with shields and large square fleurons.
The church contains a rare hand-pumped Kirkland organ played by organist John Bralant.
We have a prayer corner with a tack log (as per Southern French Churches) , as a prompt , rather than candles
The atmosphere in the church is very welcoming and homely. It is always warm ! In addition to Holy Communion service on first Sunday of the month (9.00am),we have All Age Worship on the third Sunday(4.00pm) which have a variety of themes and there are well attended Easter, Harvest and Carol services.
Our Vicar is the Revd Canon Caroline Pinchbeck
We have a formal Churches together agreement with our Sancton Methodist Chapel which is very historic as the home of the Jacksons'
Pubs in Sancton Parish
Star Inn
King Street, Sancton, YO43 4QP
(01430) 827269
thestaratsancton.co.uk/