All Saints' Church, Kirkby Overblow

The church, in 2014

All Saints' Church is the parish church of Kirkby Overblow, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

The oldest part of the church is the north doorway, which is probably 11th century, while the north transept is 14th century. ^{[1] [2]} It became a collegiate church in 1362, enabling the rector to become known as a provost. ^[3] The church was almost entirely rebuilt between 1780 and 1781, and in 1848, it was described as a "a spacious and venerable structure". It was restored in 1872 by G. E. Street, and was grade II listed in 1966. ^{[4] [2]}

The interior, in 2010

The church is built of gritstone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south aisle, a south porch, a north transept, a chancel and a west tower. The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, Perpendicular windows, a sundial, a west clock face, two-light bell openings with hood moulds, and an embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles. There are also embattled parapets on the body of the church. ^{[2] [5]}

See also

• Listed buildings in Kirkby Overblow

References

1. "All Saints, Kirkby Overblow, Yorkshire, West Riding". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Kirkby Overblow (1150007)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 3 March 2025
3. Page, William (1974). A History of the County of York: Volume 3. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
4. Lewis, Samuel (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. London. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
5. Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-12665-5.

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