---
title: "St Thomas a Becket, Hampsthwaite"
description: "Located in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire. Built C15 west tower; remainder rebuilt 1902. Diocese of Leeds. Grade II. Perpendicular Gothic Revival style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Yorkshire","Hampsthwaite","Grade II","Perpendicular","C Hodgson Fowler"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-thomas-becket-hampsthwaite"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:46:52.639Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:31:23.762Z"
location: "Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire"
country: "England"
county: "Yorkshire"
town: "Hampsthwaite"
address: "Church Lane, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, HG3 2HB"
postcode: "HG3 2HB"
built: "C15 west tower; remainder rebuilt 1902"
architect: "C Hodgson Fowler"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Thomas"]
diocese: "Leeds"
grade: "II"
style: "Perpendicular Gothic Revival"
materials: "Coursed squared gritstone and ashlar with grey slate roof"
website: "http://stthomasabeckethampsthwaite.org.uk/"
openingHours: "The church is open daily, during British Summertime, usually between 9am to 5pm."
parish: "Hampsthwaite and Killinghall"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1315374"
gridReference: "SE 259 590"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Thomas a Becket, Hampsthwaite

St Thomas a Becket is a Grade II parish church on Church Street, Hampsthwaite, North Yorkshire, in the Diocese of Leeds and the parish of Hampsthwaite and Killinghall.

## Overview

Historic England records a fifteenth-century west tower, the remainder rebuilt in 1902 by C. Hodgson Fowler in Perpendicular style, of coursed squared gritstone and ashlar under a grey slate roof. The plan is a three-stage west tower, four-bay nave with south aisle and porch, and two-bay chancel with south vestry. The tower has full-height stepped diagonal buttresses, a west door in a hollow-moulded Gothic arch, a restored three-light Perpendicular window above, a three-light window with reticulated tracery on the south face, and three-light Perpendicular belfry windows, all with hoodmoulds. The eaves string course carries a battlemented parapet with a weather-vane. The south porch has a chamfered arch of possibly reused masonry; its side walls include medieval and later inscriptions and tomb slabs.

Inside, a large bowl-shaped font near the door stands on an octagonal base. Late seventeenth-century panelling lines the south aisle. A large white marble monument of 1919 commemorates Amy Woodforde-Finden; the sculptor was George Wade. A small brass of about 1360 depicts a merchant. Wikipedia notes an earlier church of about 1180, a fourteenth-century rebuild after Scottish wars, and a previous rebuild of 1820, all replaced except the tower in 1902.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1315374](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1315374)
- [British Listed Buildings: Church of St Thomas a Becket](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101315374-church-of-st-thomas-a-becket-hampsthwaite)
- [Wikipedia: St Thomas a Becket's Church, Hampsthwaite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Thomas_a_Becket%27s_Church,_Hampsthwaite)