Lastingham Church

We are a group of five rural churches within the Anglican Diocese of York, on the southern edge of the North York Moors. The resident population is 1350 and we receive a large number of visitors and pilgrims.

Eucharist every Sunday at 9 or 10.30 am from March 2009
1st in month	10.30	Lastingham
2nd	9.00 10.30	Hutton Rosedale
3rd	9.00 10.30	Cropton Lastingham
4th	9.00	Appleton
5th and some Holy Days	10.30	in rotation See What's On.
and in Lastingham Crypt on Wednesdays at 9.30 am See full list.

We know that the Christian Church has been in this area since the early fourth century, in Roman times. Lastingham was founded as a monastery in the mid seventh century. Rosedale Church is on the site of a medieval priory.

Our churches stand as signs of the beauty and generosity of God, in whose Name we are welcomed.

This is a time of rapid cultural change, and many are feeling a loss of eternal values and spiritual certainties. In Western Europe the spirit of the age does not favour ‘church’ Christianity. However, a service is held in each of the five churches on most Sundays and main Festivals, and there are regular weekday services throughout the year. In this way the ‘lamp of prayer’ is kept alight. In the five villages, between 40 and 100 people attend our churches each week.

The Vicar of the Lastingham Group of Churches is:
       The Revd Alastair Ferguson SSC
       The Vicarage, Lastingham,
       York, YO62 6TN
       Telephone: 01751 417344         vicarage@lastinghamchurch.org.uk.

INTERESTING OR USEFUL LINKS (See also links page)

What is Temple Theology?

Fr Hunwicke's Liturgical Notes

Sanctuary UK

Ryedale Christian Council

The Diocese of York

The Church of England

The Anglican Communion

The Orthodox Church in Europe

Other websites of interest

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St Mary Lastingham

Founded by St Cedd of Lindisfarne as a Celtic monastery ~AD654. At the heart of the

present building is an early Norman church, begun in 1078 on or near the site of the 7th-century monastery. Originally intended to be a religious house, the work was left incomplete and the nave was never built. St Mary’s has been a parish church at least since 1228. The transverse arches and vaulted roof date from the restoration of 1879. Continue
See transcripts of documents.

St Chad, Hutton-le-Hole

in the main street
A chapel-of-ease of Lastingham, built in 1934, visited by a large number... Continue

Christ Church, Appleton-le-Moors
in the main street 1860s ‘French Gothic Revival’ church by renowned architect J.L. Pearson has

been called ‘the little gem of moorland churches’... Continue

St Mary & St Laurence, Rosedale Abbey - near the Village Green Built on the site of Rosedale Priory, founded in 1154. The priory chapel... Continue

St Gregory, Cropton - in Church Lane Simple 19th century village church with lovely apsidical sanctuary, built over an earlier one of uncertain date... Continue