St Radegund's Church, Scruton is a

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parish church in the

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Scruton Scruton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is west of Northallerton. According to the 2001 census the village had a population of 442, decreasing to 424 at the 2011 census. History The nam ...

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History

The church dates from the twelfth century, but was largely rebuilt in 1865 by George Fowler Jones. It consists of a nave, aisles, tower, porch and chancel with a Mortuary Chapel near the family vault of the Coore family. The restoration was funded by Henry and Augusta Coore, in memory of

Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland General Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland KG (6 August 1788 – 18 January 1864) was a British peer, politician and army officer. Born The Honourable Henry Vane, he was the eldest son of William Vane, Viscount Barnard and his first wife, K ...

. The restoration included rebuilding the south aisle, east end, windows and clerestory. New roofs were erected throughout and new buttresses provided. New red and black tiles were laid in the nave, and the chancel was fitted with encaustic tiles. It was re-opened by the Bishop of Ripon, Rt. Revd. Robert Biskersteth on 12 November 1865.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with *

St Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple St Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ainderby Steeple, North Yorkshire. History The church dates from the first half of the fourteenth century. An earlier church, thought to be 12th& ...

*St Andrew's Church, Great Fencote *St Wilfrid's Church, Great Langton *St Mary's Church, Kirkby Fleetham * St John the Baptist's Church, Kirby Wiske *

All Saints' Church, Yafforth All Saints’ Church, Yafforth, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Yafforth, North Yorkshire. History The church dates from the twelfth century but was almost completely rebuilt in 1870 to designs by the architect Jam ...

Organ

A small one-manual and pedal pipe organ was built in 1865 by

Forster and Andrews Forster and Andrews was a British organ building company between 1843 and 1924. The company was formed by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had been employees of the London organ builder J. C. Bisho ...

. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. In 1991 the organ was moved to Aduard Reformed Church in Holland.

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