Yorkshire, Marske
Church of St Edmund, Marske - The bones of St Cuthbert rested here after the monks took them for safety after the danes sacked Lindisfarne abbey in AD793, that with the dedication to Edmund the saxon king killed by the danes in AD870 points to an earlier church on the site possibly replaced in 12c/13c from which the north and south doors and chancel arch survive.
The present church mostly rebuilt in 1683 reusing some old materials for the Hutton family keeping the 12c north and south doorways - In 1597 Matthew Hutton, archbishop of York had bought Marske estate for his son Timothy flic.kr/p/5nn5Pz and in 1634 following a reprimand from the Bishop of Chester, Matthew Hutton son of Timothy paid for repairs to the chancel, paving the mud rush strewn floor
and "some seating". His brother Timothy gave the font dated 1663 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ahCz1Q
John Hutton d1841 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/LziXQ7 following another reprimand rebuilt the chancel in 1823 and put box pews over the graves of his father and grandfather. He also added the porch and crenellation round the roof.
Yorkshire, Marske
Church of St Edmund, Marske - The bones of St Cuthbert rested here after the monks took them for safety after the danes sacked Lindisfarne abbey in AD793, that with the dedication to Edmund the saxon king killed by the danes in AD870 points to an earlier church on the site possibly replaced in 12c/13c from which the north and south doors and chancel arch survive.
The present church mostly rebuilt in 1683 reusing some old materials for the Hutton family keeping the 12c north and south doorways - In 1597 Matthew Hutton, archbishop of York had bought Marske estate for his son Timothy flic.kr/p/5nn5Pz and in 1634 following a reprimand from the Bishop of Chester, Matthew Hutton son of Timothy paid for repairs to the chancel, paving the mud rush strewn floor
and "some seating". His brother Timothy gave the font dated 1663 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ahCz1Q
John Hutton d1841 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/LziXQ7 following another reprimand rebuilt the chancel in 1823 and put box pews over the graves of his father and grandfather. He also added the porch and crenellation round the roof.