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…
Visitors come from far and wide to view our stunning stained glass windows, of which there are 14 in total. All are beautiful works of art in themselves but probably the East Window and the Millennium Window attract the most attention, albeit for different reasons. Chancel windows The stained glass windows…
Within All Saints' you will find on the walls and columns important images scratched into the surface. Watch the short video below to learn more. https://youtu.be/iTqIsFc0P_Q
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…
