Built Before 1066: The 1,300-Year-Old Anglo-Saxon Church of Kirkdale

Hidden in the quiet valley of Kirkdale in North Yorkshire stands one of England’s most remarkable surviving Anglo-Saxon churches — St Gregory’s Minster.

First established around AD 750, this ancient church predates the Norman Conquest and was rebuilt between 1055 and 1065, during the reign of Edward the Confessor. Above the porch is a rare Anglo-Saxon sundial bearing an Old English inscription that records the rebuilding of the church just years before 1066.
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