All Saints' Church, Northallerton

All Saints’ Church, Northallerton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England[3]^:270 in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

All Saints' Church, Northallerton
All Saints' Church, Northallerton
54°20′30.69″N 1°26′12.65″W
Location	Northallerton
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Central
History
Dedication	All Saints
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed[1]
Administration
Parish	Northallerton
Deanery	Mowbray[2]
Archdeaconry	Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Diocese	Diocese of York
Province	Province of York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Revd Fiona Mayer-Jones
Curate(s)	The Revd Carol Backhouse
Laity
Reader(s)	Bobby Cooper, Pauline Goodrum, Malcolm Mace, Peter Carrotte
Verger	Bobby Cooper

History

The first church was set up by St Paulinus of York on the site of the present All Saints' Parish Church sometime in the early 7th century.[4] It was made from wood and nothing survives of it. In 855 a stone church was built on the same site, fragments of stone have been found during restoration work which provide strong evidence of this Saxon church.[4]

The Saxon church was likely destroyed by the Scots during the First War of Scottish Independence in 1318, and the current church building was commissioned by Bishop Thomas Hatfield of Durham and dates from the twelfth century with parts from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. The chancel was pulled down in 1779 and rebuilt. This was pulled down in November 1882 and a new one erected in 1885 to the designs of Charles Hodgson Fowler.[5] The exterior walls were repaired, and the transept walls which had leaned outwards were returned to the vertical. The tracery in the windows was restored and a new window inserted in the west end of the nave. The south aisle walls were reconstructed and the lancet windows in the transept which were filled with stone, were opened out. The cost of the restoration works was around £6,000 (equivalent to £650,000 in 2019).[6] The new chancel was reopened on 26 May 1885 by the Archbishop of York.[7]

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with

• St Lawrence’s Church, Kirby Sigston
• St James’ Church, Romanby

Organ

A pipe organ was built in 1818 by James Chapman Bishop. It has been subsequently restored and enlarged. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[8]

Bells

The bells were recast in 1898 by John Warner & Sons of London, and augmented to a peal of eight.[9]

References

1. Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1150735)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
2. "All Saints, Northallerton". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
3. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: The North Riding. Yale University Press. ISBN 0140710299.
4. "Northallerton". Herriotcountry.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
5. "The Restoration of Northallerton Parish Church". Yorkshire Gazette. England. 2 July 1884. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
7. "Northallerton Parish Church. Restoration and Enlargement". Yorkshire Gazette. England. 30 May 1885. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "NPOR N12074". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
9. "All Saints' Church, Northallerton. Dedication of the Bells". Yorkshire Evening Press. England. 27 May 1898. Retrieved 26 December 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.