Nominal: 759 Hz Weight: 1505 lbs Diameter: 43.25" Bell 1 of 10
Founded by James I Harrison 1766
Dove Bell ID: 4482 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Masham: St Mary the Virgin
Diocese of Leeds
Church, 646411
https://www.mashamparishes.org/Overview
Grid reference: SE 226 806
The present church — while having some Anglo-Saxon stonework and the stump of an eighth-century prayer cross - is mainly Norman with fifteenth-century and later additions: additions: C12, late C14, C16 and C19. Sandstone, coursed squared stone and ashlar with lead roofs. West tower, aisled nave with south porch and north transept, chancel with north chapel.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 634 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The present church — while having some Anglo-Saxon stonework and the stump of an eighth-century prayer cross - is mainly Norman with fifteenth-century and later additions: additions: C12, late C14, C16 and C19. The whole church underwent restoration, and in parts extensive remodelling in the Victorian period after a lightning strike in 1855.
Exterior Description
Sandstone, coursed squared stone and ashlar with lead roofs. West tower, aisled nave with south porch and north transept, chancel with north chapel.
Board west door in C12 doorway with 2 orders of colonnettes, scalloped capitals, and arch with rolls.
Building Materials
Sandstone
12th Century
Libishaw Sandstone
Interior
Interior Description
Nave: 5 bays, C19 2- and 3-light arched cusped windows with hood-moulds throughout. First bay has vaulted
C16 porch: arched doorway with hood-mould; offset diagonal buttresses with pinnacles. Chamfered coping with small central gablet with cross.
Bays have offset angle buttresses, that to west is diagonal; plain parapet.
Clerestory: late C14. Embattled parapet with 6 pinnacles, gable cross.
North aisle: transept at east end with offset angle buttresses, an arched chamfered doorway to left of offset angle buttresses at west end.
Chancel: C14, 3 bays with offset angle buttresses. Windows as nave. Central bay has arched priests board door with hood-mould below window. Plain parapet. Gable cross.
Arcades: Perpendicular, restored in C19; south arcade of 5 bays and north of 6 bays; octagonal piers with plain moulded capitals.
The windows are Victorian everywhere except in the Perpendicular clerestory, formed of five pairs of three-light untraceried windows, and a stained glass window at the west end of the north aisle installed to mark the millennium and which depicts the flora and fauna of the parish (designed by Glen Carter).
Bells
Nominal: 1914.5 Hz Weight: 567 lbs Diameter: 25.63" Bell 2 of 10
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1998
Dove Bell ID: 30863 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1707.5 Hz Weight: 575 lbs Diameter: 26.63" Bell 3 of 10
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1998
Dove Bell ID: 30864 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1517.5 Hz Weight: 639 lbs Diameter: 28.13" Bell 4 of 10
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1998
Dove Bell ID: 30865 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1431 Hz Weight: 668 lbs Diameter: 29.25" Bell 5 of 10
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1998
Dove Bell ID: 30866 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1274 Hz Weight: 723 lbs Diameter: 30.75" Bell 6 of 10
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1998
Dove Bell ID: 30867 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1140.5 Hz Weight: 812 lbs Diameter: 33.13" Bell 7 of 10
Founded by James I Harrison 1766
Dove Bell ID: 30868 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1016 Hz Weight: 885 lbs Diameter: 35.13" Bell 8 of 10
Founded by James I Harrison 1766
Dove Bell ID: 30869 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 958 Hz Weight: 997 lbs Diameter: 36.5" Bell 9 of 10
Founded by James I Harrison 1766
Dove Bell ID: 30870 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 857.5 Hz Weight: 1270 lbs Diameter: 40.13" Bell 10 of 10
Founded by James I Harrison 1766
Dove Bell ID: 30871 Tower ID: 12583 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SE 226 806
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
| Name | Status | Number found in this site |
|---|---|---|
| Beech | Notabletree | 1 |
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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