The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or

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by the

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in the

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, England. The tour was devised by the East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group and is divided into a southern circuit and a planned northern circuit. Work on the churches was financed by

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(1772–1863) and his son

Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet (13 March 1826 – 4 May 1913) was an English landowner, racehorse breeder, church-builder and eccentric. ''Includes substantial section on 5th baronet'' He was the elder son of Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet and M ...

(1826–1913). The 4th Baronet engaged

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to work on churches at

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, Kirkburn, Bishop Wilton and Hilston in Holderness. The 5th Baronet worked with the architects

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, G.E.Street and

Temple Moore Temple Lushington Moore (7 June 1856 – 30 June 1920) was an English architect who practised in London but whose work can be seen across England, particularly in the North. He is famous for a series of fine Gothic Revival churches built betwe ...

. His achievements were far greater than his father's, and unparalleled elsewhere in Britain. He financed work on 17 rural churches between 1866 and 1913.

Churches of the southern circuit

These include:

Other Sykes churches

These include several churches previously in the East Riding which, after boundary changes, are now in North Yorkshire.

References

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External links

East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group
Tourist attractions in the East Riding of Yorkshire Church of England church buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire