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St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale

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name	St Gregory's Minster
image	AStGregorysMinsterH2a.jpg
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location	Kirkdale, North Yorkshire
country	England
denomination	Church of England
website
dedication	Saint Gregory
heritage designation	Grade I listed
style	Anglo-Saxon
years built
length
width
width nave
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parish	Kirkdale
diocese	Diocese of York

St Gregory's Minster is an Anglo-Saxon church with a rare sundial, in Kirkdale near Kirkbymoorside, Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

The minster was built on the site of an earlier church, and is dedicated to St Gregory, who was pope from 590 to 604. Major modifications were completed in the 15th century and in the 1800s. The church was restored during 1907–1909. The building is similar in style and age to that of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn.

The church is open during the day; volunteer stewards provide information to visitors and services are offered weekly. The maintenance of the fabric of the building is helped by financial contributions from The Friends of St Gregory's Minster. The Friends' Annual General Meeting is followed by the Kirkdale Lecture about the parish and its environs.

Parish status

The Parish of Kirkdale is a local ecumenical partnership with

St Saviour's Church, Harome
St Hilda's Church, Beadlam
All Saints’ Church, Nunnington
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Sundial

Main article: Kirkdale sundial

The sundial above the church door dates to the 11th century (). The inscription is in Anglo-Saxon and is translated as follows by Historic England: "Orm Gamal's son bought St. Gregory's Minster when it was all broken down and fallen and he let it be made anew from the ground to Christ and St. Gregory, in Edward's days, the king, and in Tosti's days, the Earl. This is day's Sun marker at every tide. And Haworth me wrought and Brand, priests." The name Tosti refers to Tostig Godwinson, the Earl who rebuilt a monastery in Tynemouth Castle and Priory at Tynemouth, during the reign of Edward the Confessor, in about 1065.

References

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"St Gregory's Minster Kirkdale".
"Friends of St Gregory's Minster". Kirkdale Churches.
"Kirkdale Lecture". Kirkdale Churches.
"Welcome". Kirkdale Churches.
Kilpatrick, Kelly A.. (16 September 2010). "St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire". University of Oxford.
Gibson, William Sidney. (1846–1847). "The history of the monastery founded at Tynemouth, in the diocese of Durham, to the honour of God, under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and S. Oswin, king and martyr, Vol. 1".

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