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Church of St Mary the Virgin

A Grade I Listed Building in Hornby, North Yorkshire

  • St Mary: late c12 chancel (east wall is Victorian) & c11 tower; late c15 south chapel with Perpendicular eastern window

  • St Mary: c11 west tower (top is Perpendicular); south aisle is dated 1410, modern porch

  • St Mary: late c12 north arcade; quatrefoil piers & round arches with Norman decoration; waterleaf capitals & octagonal abici; chancel arch rebuilt in 1878

  • St Mary: early c14 effigy of knight & lady in mantle, veil & wimple

  • St Mary: late c14 alabaster effigy of knight & lady

  • St Mary: late c14 effigy of knight in plate armour; mail hauberk, camail & pointed bascinet

  • St Mary: c14 lady in veil, wimple, mantle & gown

  • St Mary: Thomas Mountford & wife Agnes, 1489; knight in military costume, lady in widow's dress

  • St Mary: sons from the brass of Thomas Mountford, 1489; named as: Henry 'clericus', John & John (gemelles obierunt), William, Christopher & George, Thomas the eldest & Edmund 'obiit puer'

  • St Mary: daughters from the brass of Thomas Mountford, 1489; named as Margaret, Jane, Eleanor, Anne, Margaret & Elizabeth; Cecily is represented as a nun

  • St Mary: inscription from the brass of Thomas Mountford, 1489

  • Church of St Mary the Virgin - Hornby

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary the Virgin

Listing Date: 13 February 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1318321

English Heritage Legacy ID: 322425

ID on this website: 101318321

Location: St Mary's Church, Hornby, North Yorkshire, DL8

County: North Yorkshire

District: Richmondshire

Civil Parish: Hornby

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

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