St Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough, also known as Hemingbrough Minster, is a church in
Hemingbrough
Hemingbrough is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, approximately from Selby and from Howden on the A63 road, A63. It was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, but since 1974 has come under North Yorkshire. The village ...
, which is near
Selby
Selby is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse. At the 2021 Census, it had a population of 17,193.
The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire; from 1974 until 2023, ...
in
North Yorkshire
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,
England
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. It is a Grade I
listed building
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.
History
The building originates from the late 12th century CE, additions were made in the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries.
William the Conqueror
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gave the church to the
prior and convent of
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. On 26 October 1426
Henry VI gave licence to convert it into a
collegiate church
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with residentiary canons whose period of residence was thirteen weeks each. From 1479 this also applied to the
provost
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Ecclesiastic
* Provost (religion), a high-ranking church official
* Prince-provost, a high-ranking church official
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who until then was compelled to be resident for the greater part of the year. There were also three prebendaries, six vicars, and six clerks. The college was
suppressed in 1545.
The church is home to one of the UK's oldest surviving
Misericord
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s dating to the first part of the 13th century.
Architecture
The church is of a cruciform layout and is built in the
Decorated and later
English style, although the windows in the north transept and the nave are
Perpendicular
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. The tower is square and carries battlements and an octangular spire.
The tower was added in the 13th century, the spire which reaches a height of between 1416 and 1446. The nave is aisled and has four bays, as has the south aisle of the chancel. The chapter house has three bays. The vestry lies to the north. North and south transepts have two bays each.
See also
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Listed buildings in Hemingbrough
Hemingbrough is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 16 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is ...
References
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Church of England church buildings in North Yorkshire
Grade I listed churches in North Yorkshire