---
title: "St Oswald, Thornton in Lonsdale"
description: "Located in Thornton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire. Built 15th-century west tower; body rebuilt 1933–35 after fire (to a design of c.1870). Diocese of Leeds. Grade II*. Gothic and Gothic Revival style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Yorkshire","Thornton in Lonsdale","Grade II*","Gothic Revival","Austin and Paley","Leeds"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/thornton-lonsdale-st-oswald"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T03:20:00.645Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T18:58:50.753Z"
location: "Thornton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire"
country: "England"
county: "Yorkshire"
town: "Thornton in Lonsdale"
address: "St Oswald, New Road, Thornton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire, LA6 3PL"
postcode: "LA6 3PL"
built: "15th-century west tower; body rebuilt 1933–35 after fire (to a design of c.1870)"
architect: "Austin and Paley (rebuild 1933–35); Paley and Austin (earlier design)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Oswald"]
diocese: "Leeds"
grade: "II*"
style: "Gothic and Gothic Revival"
materials: "Limestone rubble, sandstone dressings, Westmorland slate roof"
website: "https://ingleboroughchurches.org.uk/churches/thorntoninlonsdale/"
openingHours: "April to September, Wednesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm."
parish: "Thornton in Lonsdale"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252730"
gridReference: "SD 685 736"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas. Ramp or level access available on request"
---

# St Oswald, Thornton in Lonsdale

St Oswald’s is a Grade II* parish church on New Road, Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire, in the Diocese of Leeds and the Ingleborough group of churches.

## Overview

Historic England lists a parish church rebuilt in 1933–35 after a fire by Austin and Paley, except the fifteenth-century west tower. The fabric is limestone rubble with sandstone dressings and a Westmorland slate roof: south porch, four-stage west tower, four-bay nave and aisles, north and south chapels and a two-bay chancel. The tower has a pointed west door, a three-light traceried window, two-light belfry openings, diagonal buttresses, an embattled parapet and a late-nineteenth-century pyramidal slate spire. The interior of about 1935 mixes pointed south-arcade arches with Romanesque-style north arches (one with zigzag) and jointed cruck roof trusses with windbraces. Memorials include the Redmayne family of Thornton Hall (1678–1703) and Edward Talbot Day Foxcroft of Halsteads. The listing notes that the church was apparently rebuilt after the fire to a design of about 1870. Listing NGR: SD6857173618.

Wikipedia places the church in the deanery of Ewecross and records architects Paley and Austin / Austin and Paley. The benefice is united with All Saints, Burton in Lonsdale.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1252730](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252730)
- [Ingleborough Churches: Thornton in Lonsdale](https://ingleboroughchurches.org.uk/churches/thorntoninlonsdale/)