KIRKDALE CHURCH* 



right hand. The southern view is terminated by 

 an horizon covered with tufted trees; and on ther 

 east the eye catches the distant wolds. 



Is about one mile and a quarter west of Kirkby- 

 Moorside, in a retired situation, surrounded by 

 hanging woods ; which present in the vernal, sum- 

 mer, and autumnal seasons, appearances of the most 

 grateful description. The Church is old, having 

 been built prior to the conquest, and on the site of 

 one then in ruins; which shews this to have been: 

 from a very early date the scene of Christian devo- 

 tion. The fabric itself has nothing particularly 

 interesting in it ; excepting two saxon arches, one 

 over the front door, facing the south, and the other 

 at the west end of the church, over a door which is 

 now walled up. The architecture of the building 

 is mixed, in consequence of its having been repaired 

 at different times. 



The patronage of the church, prior to the disso- 

 lution, belonged to the abbey of Newburgh ; and 

 after having passed into the hands of a variety of 

 patrons, was bestowed by Henry Earl of Danby, 

 upon the University of Oxford ; about the year 

 1632. The present incumbent is the Rev. Geo. 

 Dixon. 



The church is celebrated for a Saxon Inscription 

 which it bears ; exhibiting in a singularly perfect 

 manner, the name of its founder, and the date of 

 its erection. It is placed over the southern door, 



