The balcony and bell tower

There are 8 bells, dating from 1788 by Dalton of York

View from the Balcony

The window in the South Aisle is the oldest one in church. It dates from 1840 and commemorates Eleanor Westerman, who founded Easingwold School in 1784.

The Lady Chapel

The Lady Chapel has a framed  altar frontal on the wall made by the Anglican Order of  Nuns at Horbury. The motifs - lily, rose and pomegranate are all symbols of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The War Memorial

The War memorial for 1914 - 1918.  

Many more men died in this conflict than in the 1939 - 1945 conflict.

Vicars

This list of Vicars tells us much about Christian Names down the centuries. ’John’ has been popular since 1321.

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Signed Covenant

The Signed Covenant between the Anglicans & the Methodists on the North Wall.

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Royal Coat of Arms

The Royal Coat of Arms over the East Door as used between 1800 and 1837.

Note the Arms of Hanover.

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White limestone

The piece of white limestone in the North wall of the sanctuary comes from the Byzantine church at Samaria which commemorated the death of St John the Baptist.  Here, according to John Phocas (1185), the head of the Baptist was found.

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