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The Church of St Andrew is impressive and dates from the 14th and 15th century. The nave may have been built in the 12th century. The south aisle was added early in the 13th century. It is linked with the nave by a three-bay arcade. It was followed a few years later by the south chapel, which is alongside the chancel and linked to it by a two-bay arcade. The chancel arch was built in the middle of the 13th century. The north aisle, also of three bays, was added about 1340, followed by the Decorated Gothic north chapel, which is alongside the chancel and linked with it by a two-bay arcade
On the floor of the north chapel are monumental brasses commemorating Claricia Wyndesor - quare fieri fecit istam capellam (died 1403) and her husband John York fundator istius Ile (died 1404). However, the south aisle and south chapel were rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style early in the 15th century. The south chapel has a squint in the chancel. The chapel was re-roofed in the 17th century.
The arch supporting the west bell tower is 14th-century Decorated Gothic but the style of the rest of the tower is Perpendicular Gothic. A Perpendicular Gothic clerestory was
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- Place of Worship