After some initial difficulty gaining access to the church I managed to look round one evening, it was well worth the wait.
There is one definite sheela in the vestry and another very high
probable next to it. Alongside are several other interesting corbels
and on the other side of the nave we have some more including a mermaid
tress puller. I have tweaked the contrast of the sheela photographs to
aid identifying the various parts.
There are several fragments of early crosses in the church, probably around ninth century work.
The church was said to have been used by parliamentarians during the
battle of Marston Moor and prisoners were kept inside it. On the door
is a scratched a drawing said to be King Charles I with the numbers
'44' above it. The battle was fought in July 1644. The door is shown
below.
The church was renovated in 1868 but thankfully many of the original features were kept for us to see.
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