Church

St Mary, Bolton on Swale

St Mary, Bolton on Swale

St Mary’s, Bolton-on-Swale, is a Grade II* parish church of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, restored by George Fowler Jones in 1857, in the Diocese of Leeds.

Location
Bolton on Swale, Yorkshire
Country
England
County
Yorkshire
City / town
Bolton on Swale
Address
Bolton on Swale, Yorkshire, DL10 6AQ
Postcode
DL10 6AQ
Built
C14–C16; restored 1857; chancel remodelled 1877
Architect
G. Fowler Jones (1857 restoration); Eden Nesfield (1877 chancel)
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Mary
Diocese
Leeds
Parish
Easby with Skeeby, Brompton on Swale and Bolton on Swale
Grade
II*
Style
Medieval Gothic
Materials
Rubble with ashlar dressings, Westmorland slate roof
Grid reference
SE 252 991
Opening hours
St Mary’s is open from 9am to 4pm every day and has a welcome table where visitors are invited to have hot drinks and light snacks.
Access
Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas

Overview

Historic England records rubble with ashlar dressings and a Westmorland slate roof: a late-sixteenth-century west tower, three-bay nave with aisles, and a fifteenth-century chancel. An early-fourteenth-century south arcade survives; Jones rebuilt much of the nave and windows in 1857. Eden Nesfield remodelled the chancel in 1877. The churchyard holds the memorial to Henry Jenkins, reputed to have lived to 169. Listed Grade II* on 4 February 1969 (NHLE 1131521). The parish is Easby with Skeeby, Brompton on Swale and Bolton on Swale.

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