This church is often billed as the smallest church in North Yorkshire or even England. Sadly, it can not really claim either title as it was once much larger and the part we see standing today is a fraction of the original church. Records show a church here in the twelfth century but excavations on the site have unearthed part of a ninth century cross so it may have been a place of worship long before the established church.
The view above is of the present south wall showing voussoirs which would imply the existance of a south aisle, but limited excavations on the site have not produced any evidence of this. The present east wall is from the ninenteenth century but has three corbels embedded into it, these are probably part of the set that exist on the north wall and later reused when the east wall was built. The church is no longer in use and access is not possible, looking through a gap in the door revealed a carved structure on the internal south wall but I could not make out what it was.
The photographs below show some of the corbels, the middle one is interesting with arms to its side but too worn to identify. The last one appears to be a mouth-puller with hands pulling the lower lip.
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