Opening
Church Open everyday .
Heavy duty wooden ramp for wheelchairs is stored at rear pew of church ..on far right if your back is to the alter
Getting here
Very much the village church, St John’s strives to be at the heart of the whole rural community it serves. It is about 200m west of Wressle railway station, .
There are two ascending steps into church but a wheelchair ramp is stored inside at rear pew on the right and always available. Just let us know you're coming if you need help before a church service. Churchwarden is on 07801 972838.
There are no toilets at the church.
Wressle Church is snug and well attended. unusual both in its architecture and in its dedication. A new church was built in brick in 1799 in a style somewhat reminiscent of a non-conformist chapel (apart from the small tower) by Lord Egremont, in an era when church building was relatively uncommon. Before this new church was built, villagers worshipped in the chapel in the now ruined Wressle Castle, not far away.
It is the most westerly church in the Archdeaconry of the East Riding.
The dedication is to East Riding saint, John of Beverley (or Harpham): an Anglo-Saxon bishop, whose deeds are recorded in Bede’s Historia.
St John of Beverley church,
200m from railway station
Wressle
York
YO8 6ES
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