In which a wandering agnostic admires a small selection of the many endlessly interesting churches in our Yorkshire villages.

 
Font cover, Bishop Wilton

Bishop Wilton, St Edith - a richly decorated Victorian interior

Apse, St Felix

Felixkirk, St Felix - in search of ancestors, and a semicircular apse

Kirkburn, St Mary's

Kirkburn, St Mary - (exterior) - a fine Norman church

St Edmund, bellcote

Knapton (nr Malton), St Edmund - (exterior) - on the ancestral trail (again)

St James, Nunburnholme

Nunburnholme, St James - (exterior) - a brief visit to a beautiful place

Spire, St Andrew's

Rillington, St Andrew - a medieval wall painting, and a much-repaired spire

Doorway detail, Rudston

Rudston, All Saints - (exterior) and the Rudston monolith

Skelton, St Giles

Skelton, St Giles - (exterior) - a perfect Early English church, just outside York

 
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