English Heritage sites near Beeford Parish
SKIPSEA CASTLE
2 miles from Beeford Parish
An impressive Norman motte and bailey castle, dating from before 1086 and among the first raised in Yorkshire, with the earthworks of an attendant fortified 'borough'.
BURTON AGNES MANOR HOUSE
6 miles from Beeford Parish
A medieval manor house interior, with a rare and well preserved Norman undercroft and a 15th-century roof, all encased in brick during the 17th and 18th centuries.
WHARRAM PERCY DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
18 miles from Beeford Parish
The most famous and intensively studied of Britain's 3,000 or so deserted medieval villages, Wharram Percy occupies a remote but attractive site in a beautiful Wolds valley.
ST PETER'S CHURCH, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
21 miles from Beeford Parish
Located in North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian times.
THORNTON ABBEY AND GATEHOUSE
22 miles from Beeford Parish
Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.
SCARBOROUGH CASTLE
22 miles from Beeford Parish
With its 3,000 year history, stunning location and panoramic views over the Yorkshire coastline, Scarborough Castle is one of the finest tourist attractions in the North.
Churches in Beeford Parish
St Leonard
Rectory Lane
Beeford
DRIFFIELD
01964 259252
Beeford had a church, where the present church stands, over a thousand years ago. The church as seen today is not quite, but very much as it has been, for the past 500 years. It stands at the top of a rise in the land and houses were built all around it. The land below was subject to flooding but once it was drained people started moving to houses situated away from the church and it is now situated in a remote position.
Various repairs and restorations have been carried out over the years of its existence and only the porch and bell tower remain almost intact since their construction in the 15th and early 16th centuries. At one period the church was in such bad repair it nearly fell down but due to a new generation of parishioners it was 'thrown' back together using any building material that was strewn around the area.
In the chancel is the tomb of Rector Tonge, Rector from 1431 to 1471, and the brass effigy on the slab of Eggleston Marble was recently removed, repaired and is now back in its original position.
The organ is of historical interest as it was the first to be built by Thomas C Lewis and come out of his Clapham factory in 1863. The case was designed by architect John F Bentley. Originally it was situated in York but there is no record of its move to Beeford.