The Venerable Archdeacon of York Rev Stephen Creyke Watch a short video about Stephen Creyke and his legacy to All Saints' Bolton Percy, or scroll down to read further information. https://youtu.be/RoYVRQkrXTY Stephen Creyke was born near Plymouth, Devon in 1796. He went to Corpus Christi College Oxford in Oct 1812…
Rev Henry Fairfax (1588 – 1665) Henry Fairfax was born in 1588 at Denton, Yorkshire, the fourth son of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge where in 1608, he became a fellow. In the same year his great friend the Welsh poet…
Here you can watch a short video about the connection between the poet Andrew Marvell and All Saints' Church, Bolton Percy, or scroll down to read further information. https://youtu.be/z0DPlKWDU08 Andrew Marvell (31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) Andrew Marvell is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the…
Rev Henry Hunnings MA (1842-1886) - Clergyman & Inventor Born in Tottenham on 25th July 1842, Henry Hunnings worked as a Printer and Photographer until, aged 25, he became a Student at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. In 1870 he joined the Clergy and between 1874 and 1880 was one of two Curates…
On the North wall of the nave at All Saints’ Bolton Percy is a 240cm x 150cm marble memorial dedicated to Elizabeth Hawke (d 19th September 1742). This memorial (see photo below) made by the notable sculptor Richard Fisher and erected in 1748 was commissioned by her only son Sir Edward Hawke.…
The impact of William Laud and the positioning of the Altar Watch a short video of Dr Stewart Mottram discussing the positioning of the Altars at All Saints’, and scroll down to read more. https://youtu.be/ebnQumZ9DaQ In the 1620s and 1630s, Charles I’s Protestant religious advisor, William Laud (Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633)…
Here, you can watch a short video about the Bolton Percy Coin Hoard, or scroll down to read further information. https://youtu.be/pPmHTdefucM One weekend in autumn 1967 two Bolton Percy schoolboys found coins in a field close to the village. The discovery lead to further investigation which uncovered a total of…
In very early times Bolton Percy stood near an important crossing of the River Wharfe. There is a substantial stone road running underneath the village coming from York and heading in the direction of Ulleskelf. It has all the appearance of a Roman construction. It may be that it was…
