St Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough, also known as Hemingbrough Minster, is a church in Hemingbrough, district of Selby, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
St Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough, also known as Hemingbrough Minster, is a church in Hemingbrough, district of Selby, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
The building originates from the late 12th century CE, additions were made in the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. [1] William the Conqueror gave the church to the prior and convent of Durham. On 26 October 1426 Henry VI gave licence to convert it into a collegiate church with residentiary canons whose period of residence was thirteen weeks each. From 1479 this also applied to the provost who until then was compelled to be resident for the greater part of the year. There were also three prebendaries, six vicars, and six clerks. [2] The college was suppressed in 1545.
The church is home to one of the UK's oldest surviving Misericords dating to the first part of the 13th century. [3]
The church is of a cruciform layout and is built in the Decorated and later English style, although the windows in the north transept and the nave are Perpendicular. [4] The tower is square and carries battlements and an octangular spire. [5] The tower was added in the 13th century, the spire which reaches a height of 191 feet (58 m) between 1416 and 1446. The nave is aisled and has four bays, as has the south aisle of the chancel. The chapter house has three bays. The vestry lies to the north. North and south transepts have two bays each. [1]
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Hemingbrough is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is located approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Selby and 4 miles (6.4 km) from Howden on the A63. It was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, but since 1974 has come under North Yorkshire. The village has a 12th-century former collegiate church, a Methodist chapel and shops. The village also has a primary school and nursery as well as a playing field for the local children. The surrounding area makes up part of the Humberhead Levels and is flat land mainly used for mixed agriculture. It is thought that from this village came Walter of Hemingbrough, one of Britain's early chroniclers. Writing in the 14th century, he gave us a history beginning with the Norman conquest, now in the British Museum.
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