The Church of the Holy Trinity is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

church, incorporating Saxon and medieval elements, located in

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, England. The modern church was rebuilt between 1809 and 1815.

History

The Church of the Holy Trinity dates from the 12th century and overlooks the valley of the Ouse river, near the site of the Norman motte-and-bailey castle. In the early 19th century the old medieval building was replaced by a new church, begun in 1809 and completed in 1815. The new church incorporates the 14th-century central tower of the old church, but this was re-cased in new Next door to the church is a house built in 1729, which later became the vicarage; the front door has stonework from the nearby, demolished manor house of the 16th century, including the de Longueville family coat of arms, and pieces from the earlier church building. The church was Grade II* listed on 12 June 1953.

Holy Trinity today

The rector is The Revd Gill Barrow-Jones.

Churchyard

Among those buried in the churchyard are the stonemason George Wills, grandfather of the chemist George S. V. Wills.

Sources

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