St Helen
Skipwith, Yorkshire
Open daily, this Anglo Saxon church is set in a wonderfully peaceful location and full of history with some rare features, a real gem!
With evidence of an older Saxon church being replaced by a Norman building. St Mary's built of local Tadcaster magnesium limestone, and Welsh slate roof, is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
The most treasured feature is a beautiful doorway (dated 1160 AD), the arch of which has four bands of richly carved figures and symbols with some beakheads displaying a Viking influence.