Church of All Saints, Helmsley
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The church, viewed from the south
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 Church of All Saints, Helmsley
Location in Yorkshire
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| 54°14′49″N 1°03′45″W / 54.2469°N 1.0625°WCoordinates: 54°14′49″N 1°03′45″W / 54.2469°N 1.0625°W | |
| OS grid reference | SE 620 789 |
| Location | Helmsley, North Yorkshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Central |
| History | |
| Founded | 12th century |
| Dedication | All Saints |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 4 January 1955 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Helmsley |
| Deanery | Northern Ryedale |
| Archdeaconry | Cleveland |
| Diocese | Diocese of York |
| Province | Province of York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | The Revd Tim Robinson |
| Assistant priest(s) | The Revd Lynn Grove |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Lucy Willshaw |
| Churchwarden(s) | Alan Rabjohn and Valma Child |
The Church of All Saints is an Anglican parish church serving the town of Helmsley in North Yorkshire, England. It is located between the north-west corner of the market square, and Castlegate, on the B1257 road north of Helmsley Castle. Dedicated to All Saints, it has been part of the Church of England since the Reformation. It is one of four churches in the same benefice: Sproxton, Rievaulx, and East Moors. The church was granted Grade II* listed building status on 4 January 1955.
There has been a church in Helmsley since before the Norman conquest, and the churchyard was used as a market place in Anglo-Saxon times. Another measure of the church's antiquity is the hogback gravestone in the porch. A church was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. There was much rebuilding in the 19th century, between 1866 and 1869 funded by the Earl of Feversham at a cost of £16,000. Many changes were made in the rebuilding, and Norman and later features were lost, including the font, which was replaced in 1868; the original medieval font is now in the church at Pockley. In 1931 a Harrison and Harrison pipe organ was installed on a platform immediately west of the chancel.This organ replaced an existing instrument installed in 1868 by the Walker organ company. Mr Arthur Harrison retained some of the existing pipework and incorporated this in the new instrument.
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