Bedale Church of St Gregory

In the civil parish of Bedale.
In the historic county of Yorkshire North Riding (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).

Church, comprising nave, chancel, north and south aisles, west tower and crypt. The nave dates from C12. In the late C12, the chancel was rebuilt and the north aisle added. The south aisle and south chapel date from around 1290, while the north aisle and north chapel were rebuilt circa 1340. The west tower was built as a fortified structure, also circa 1340, and at the same time the chancel was extended to the east and the crypt constructed below. The tower was heightened in C15. Fragments of late C9 carved stonework can be found in the crypt. The doorway still possesses its portcullis groove in front of he doorway with its narrow iron studded door. Unfortunately, the portcullis was removed when it fell during a storm in 1830

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Major remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE26558845

PastScape number; 52197

Books

Harrison, Peter, 2004, Castles of God (Woodbridge; Boydell Press) p68
Ingham, Bernard, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles (Dalesman) p134-5
Toy, Sidney, 1953, The Castles of Great Britain (Heinemann) p263
Page, Wm (ed), 1914, VCH York, North Riding Vol1 p297-8
Armitage and Montgomerie, 1912, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Yorkshire Vol2 p123

Journal Articles

Collingwood, W.G., 1911, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol21 p177-8
Collingwood, W.G., 19107, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol19 p299

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Bedale Church of St Gregory

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE26558845

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