Lythe church was rebuilt in 1910-11 and this is the edifice you see today stood at the top of Lythe Bank overlooking the North Yorkshire coast. During the rebuilding process there were many carved stones recovered from the old walls and these are now on display under the tower of the new church. They consist of cross fragments and hogback tombstones. There are records of a church at Lythe from the twelfth century but the carved stones indicate worship and settlement there from earlier times; they are Anglo-Danish in origin and date from around the ninth century.
The photographs below show the stones on display, apparently there are others that can be seen on application to the vicar.
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