St Mary's Church, Redmire is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

parish church in the

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History

The church dates from the 12th century. The chancel roof was restored around 1895 and the nave roof, found to be infested with

Deathwatch beetle The deathwatch beetle (''Xestobium rufovillosum'') is a species of woodboring beetle that sometimes infests the structural timbers of old buildings. The adult beetle is brown and measures on average long. Eggs are laid in dark crevices in old w ...

, was restored in 1925. The royal coat of arms dates from 1720.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with: *Thornton Rust Mission Room * St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth *

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*St Margaret's Church,

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St Bartholomew's Church, West Witton St Bartholomew's Church, West Witton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in West Witton, North Yorkshire. History The tower of the church dates from the 16th century. The rest was rebuilt in 1875 by John Bownas Atkinson ...

Memorials

*Thomas Other of Elm House (d. 1834) and Jane his wife (d. 1829), the eldest daughter of Edward Lister of

Coverham Abbey Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, was a Premonstratensian monastery that was founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Chief Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville. It was refounded at Coverham in about 1212 by her son Ranulf fitzRa ...

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