"In summer, the chestnut trees lining the road provide a shady green archway leading to the church at the northern end of the village. All Saints' church was a chapel of ease. The present building dates from 1715 but part of it is believed to be much older. The stone font is from the 12th century and one of the two bells is described as being 'of decidedly early shape' and thought to originate from nearby Mount Grace Priory. The whereabouts of the original altar is something of a mystery , as beneath the richly embroidered frontal there is nothing more than a shabby old chest of drawers with the drawers taken out. Perhaps during the restorations of 1901 someone took a fancy to it!"
Deighton, Northallerton.
HISTORY
"The church of ALL SAINTS, Deighton, which is mostly modern, is built of stone, and consists of a chancel measuring internally 33 ft. by 14½ ft., a nave 17½ ft. by 11 ft. a north vestry, south porch and west bellcote.
"In the north wall of the chancel is an old twolight square-mullioned window of the domestic type.
"The font is circular on a circular stem and is apparently old. On the exterior of the porch is inscribed '[T CM] 1715' and a sundial bears the date 1722. Neither of the two gable bells has any inscription, but the northern one is of decidedly early shape. The original cannons, which show a V-pattern, have been replaced in later times"
'Parishes: Northallerton', A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 (1914), pp. 418-433.
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