| 12th Century | Built about 1140 by the Champaine family and dedicated to All Saints. The church consisted of a nave, chancel, two aisles and a tower. | |
| 14th Century | In the early 1300s a portion of the North Aisle was set aside as a burial place for the Turviles and other distinguished people. It was known as the Turvile Chantry. | |
| 16th Century | In 1535 there was a Rectory valued at £13.19.3d. In 1556 the chancel was said to be 'in great ruin'. | |
| 17th Century | By 1622 the church was described as being 'adorned with many heraldic signs and features and contained much painted glass'. | |
| 18th Century | 1765 | A new Rectory was completed. It was built at a cost of £100 by the Rector, Mr Trotter, for his Curate. It was built in Church Close, which adjoined the western boundary of the church yard (now the Recreation ground). |
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1778-9 |
These years witnessed a drastic change in the church.
The south aisle was taken down and a new south wall the Nave
was built, with three plain windows in it. The walls of the Nave
were lowered and a new slate roof put on. The interior walls
were plastered and a new main door, five feet wide, was put in
at its present position in the west wall of the belfry. A new
inner door, from the belfry to the nave, was added and a new
floor for the bell-ringers. The Turvile burial chantry at the east end of the north aisle
was walled up to block it off from the rest of the aisle
a small door allowed access. The chantry was also blocked off
from the chancel by the arches being filled in. A new quarry
floor was laid and a new pulpit, reading desk and pews added. |
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| 19th Century | 1832 | The churchyard wall, opposite the Dog and Gun, was repaired. At this time the east wall was part brick and part mud. There were said to be 'handsome iron gates at the eastern end, also a white painted wooden gate'. On the north side there was a new small gate. There was no school-room in the village, but there was a day school in a house by the Dog And Gun, which 80 children attended. Ten children attended Sunday school. |
| 1835 | The first village school was built by Joseph Arkwright. | |
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1838 | The Bell Tower was struck by lightning and the wall and bell frames were damaged. This damage was repaired and the inside of the church was whitewashed. The bricked-up Turvile Chantry was in a bad state and the Chancel was damp. Part of the Communion Plate had been stolen and was replaced by more ordinary vessels. |
| 1840 | There was a fire in York Minster on May 20th. The large and small Alms dishes still in use in the church were made from oak and bell metal salvaged from the fire. | |
| 1842 | The church was pronounced to be in a good state and the Bible, Prayer Book and Alter Service in decent condition. The Rectory was now 80 years old and in bad condition. | |
| 1845 | A new Rector, Rev. George Bruxner, built a new Rectory, now The Holt. The Chancel of the church, which had partially been re-built in the preceding years, was now finished. | |
| 1850 | The East window was fitted a gift of the Rector's two sisters. The eastern portion of the North Aisle the Dark Chancel was restored. The vestry was rebuilt and the north windows restored. Old and New Testament books were presented by the Curate, whose brother Stephen Fry had been the architect and superintendent of the alterations. | |
| 1860 | The restoration of the Nave was completed. The present pulpit was added and the west window of the Bell Tower put in. The plain windows in the south wall were replaced and stained glass put into the tracery at the top of the windows. | |
| 1861 | The chancel arch was rebuilt by W. Slater. The 'Light of the World' window was donated by the parishioners. | |
| 1864 | The new stone wall with low iron railings was built on the south side. | |
| 1866 | The new church clock arrived on December 31st. | |
| 1876 | Reverend Tonkin took up residence in the newly built rectory opposite the school. | |
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1882 | The old ring of 3 bells was changed to a peal of 5 bells they were first rung on February 12th. The three chancel windows in the South Aisle were filled with stained glass and a new oak alter, costing £20, was put in. |
| 1883 | The east end of the Chancel was decorated with the figures of Moses and Elias on either side of the east window (these were painted over in the 1960s). | |
| 1884 | The reading room was established opposite the school. | |
| 1886 | The new organ was used for the first time on October 3rd. | |
| 1892 | The Bruxner memorial was put into the church. | |
| 1897 | The Bell Tower was restored, with new mullions, lightning conductor, flag-staff, weather cock, inner and outer doors. The clock was repaired and the dials and hands regilded. A new litany desk, Alms box, litany book and a brass bookstand for the alter were added. The cost of all of these alterations was over £300. | |
