The Benefice

St. Peter and St. Paul's is part of a group of churches in the area, which are all really lovely and well worth a visit.

St. Francis' Church, Marishes serves the communities of Low and High Marishes and has a very unusual spire which is visible from quite a distance across the fields.
St. Francis' Church, Low Marishes, YO17 6RJ

​Contact : Gena Douglas  01653 668215  douglas@farming.me.uk

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St. Giles' Church, Lockton is another lovely ancient country church which has a fabulous stained glass window at the east end, which depicts Christ the Good Shepherd, and is understood to be from the Morris workshop.
St. Giles' Church, Lockton, YO18 7PY

Contact : Sue Warriner 01751 460450   suewarriner@hotmail.com

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St. John The Baptist Church, Levisham, is a nineteenth century chuch, built as an alternative to the ancient valley church of St. Mary the Virgin, which is now a ruin.  It houses what is known as 'dragon stone'; portions of a carved gravestone depicting a dragon, thought to be pre-Norman Conquest, and the ancient font, which was originally housed in St. Mary's is also thought to be Norman or earlier.  It has carvings by Robert Thompson of Kilburn which bear his famous mouse trademark.
St. John the Baptist Church, Levisham, YO18 7NL

Contact : David Taylor  01751 460275 or Susan Pearson 01751 460043   pearson.susan@gmail.com

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The Valley Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Levisham is now a ruin, set in a peaceful and tranquil valley between Lockton and Levisham.  The first church on the site was built in the early Norman period, although various pieces of carved stone date from Saxon times.  An annual service is held outside in the grounds of the ruins, and the church is a popular attraction to visitors and walkers.
The Valley Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Mill Bank Road, Levisham, YO18 7NU