The parish church of ST. ELOY is modern with the exception of a 14th century nave arcade, and consists of chancel 25 ft. 7 in. by 12 ft. 6 in. with north vestry, nave 47 ft. by 15 ft. 4 in., south aisle 7 ft. 7 in. wide, south porch and west bell-turret.
On the south of the nave is a 14th-century arcade of three bays resting on octagonal shafts with moulded capitals and on respond corbels supported on heads. In the west wall are two trefoiled lancet windows with quatrefoils over.
The walling of the church is of coursed rubble, and that of the chancel is old walling re-used. The roofs of nave and chancel are steep pitched. There are no buttresses, but at the west end is a bell-turret with two bells.
The font is cylindrical, covered with rough diaper work of Norman character.
The plate consists of a cup and cover bearing the London mark of 1571, a plated cup and two pewter patens.
The registers begin in 1580, but the entries are irregular till 1690.
A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Pages 198-199. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1914.
The Cache
The co-ordinates will take you to one of the three gates into the churchyard - the one nearest to the best parking
You will need to look around for a brass memorial plaque (which can be read from the gate) and take details from it.
The cache can be found at:-
N 54 26.ABC, W 001 27.DEF
Where:-
- A = The last digit of Billy's birth year.
- B = The last digit of Billy's death year.
- C = The third digit of Billy's birth year + last digit of Billy's death year.
- D = The last digit of Harry's death year.
- E = The third digit of Harry's birth year.
- F = The number of letters in their occupation (plural).
Checksum (for the numbers you need to calculate) is 27.
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