English Heritage sites near Holtby Parish
CLIFFORD'S TOWER, YORK
4 miles from Holtby Parish
Experience stunning views over the ancient city of York and immerse yourself in centuries of history at one of York’s most iconic sites.
YORK COLD WAR BUNKER
6 miles from Holtby Parish
The most modern and spine chilling of English Heritage’s properties the York Cold War Bunker uncovers the secret history of Britain’s Cold War.
KIRKHAM PRIORY
8 miles from Holtby Parish
Beautifully placed between the city of York and the town of Malton, the riverside ruins of Kirkham Priory are set in the beautiful Derwent valley near the Yorkshire Wolds.
WHARRAM PERCY DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
13 miles from Holtby Parish
The most famous and intensively studied of Britain's 3,000 or so deserted medieval villages, Wharram Percy occupies a remote but attractive site in a beautiful Wolds valley.
HOWDEN MINSTER
17 miles from Holtby Parish
The elaborately decorated ruins of a 14th-century chancel and chapter house (viewable only from the outside), attached to the still operational cathedral-like minster church.
BYLAND ABBEY
17 miles from Holtby Parish
Once one of the greatest monasteries in England, Byland Abbey inspired the design of church buildings throughout North.
Churches in Holtby Parish
Holy Trinity
Holtby Lane
Holtby
York
01904 426522
Services
2nd Sunday of the month - Holy Communion (9am BCP with hymns)
4th Sunday of the month - Evensong (4pm British Summer Time or 6pm GMT)
5th Sunday of a month - Benefice Service (10.30am) - Dunnington, Warthill, Holtby or Stockton on the Forest. Please get in touch for details.
Architectural Information:
Built in 1792 with inserted details of 1881 by J R Naylor of Derby. Red and yellow brick in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings and plain tile roof. West tower, 3-bay nave with south porch, and apsidal chancel with organ chamber to north. Details in Romanesque style. Plinth and quoins to angles.
West front:
3 -stage tower with round-headed windows, the first on shafted responds. Belfry level defined by string course. Plain parapet with large gargoyles to angles.
Nave:
Round-headed doorway to porch, and round-headed windows separated by buttresses. Dogtooth detailing to chancel windows
Interior:
Monument to Thomas Nelson, died 1785; white tablet surmounted by urn on grey mount by Fisher of York.
Monument to Robert Smithson, died 1845: white tablet on black mount, by Waudby of York.
(Details from English Heritage)
No churches found in Holtby Parish