The Parish Church of Linton in the Diocese of Bradford. St Michael & All Angel Church , Yorkshire, England UK
here has been a church here since Saxon times. This was probably a timber frame wattle and daub church with a thatched roof. It was replaced by a stone building around 1150 and the north arcade with its round pillars dates from then. Over the years the church has been extended with a north aisle followed by the south aisle. Around 1350, the chancel was demolished and replaced by a new Decorated period chancel. The flat topped windows were inserted in the side aisles in the C15th, replacing the narrow lancet windows and allowing more light into the church. The clerestory was added around then. There was a major restoration in the C19th. Carved stonework from round the windows was used for the stone benches in the rebuilt south porch. The flat chancel and nave roofs were restored and replaced with wood beamed ceilings. The small belfry at the west end was rebuilt using the original stones. The Georgian fittings were removed and replaced by Victorian ones. Following the theft of lead from the roof, the church was reroofed with Yorkshire stone slate in 1982. There are small carved angels on either side of the porch door and carved heads on the chancel windows.
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Location: Church Rd, Linton, Skipton BD23 6BG
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