The (temporary) closure of St Michael’s Church...
As you may already be aware, I had to take the difficult decision to temporarily close the doors to St Michael’s Church. This was done to ensure the safety of all who use the building.
Preparations for scheduled repair works to the building has identified a number of other issues ranging from the relatively easy to resolve active woodworm infestation to the more serious and more difficult to resolve concern over the structural integrity of the bell tower.
Work has been going on behind the scenes to obtain all the permissions to carry out the work needed and to retain the services of a local contractor. Much of this is now in place and we hope to start working to resolve the safety concerns in the next few week.
As you can imagine with such an important building we need to take care with how we go about the works and there is a high likeliness that we will find other issues as we start to open up the building structure. I will update you as and when I can.
In the meantime, please accept my apologies for the inconvenience that this may cause and may I extend an invitation to you to join us at one of our other four churches for our regular Sunday worship.
Paul (Vicar)
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e Church of St Michael and All Angels' lies in the tiny hamlet of Great Edstone, two miles to the south of Kirkbymoorside.
Great Edstone stands two hundred feet above the Vale of Pickering, on an oval mound of earth created by retreating glaciers from about 30,000BC, and today there are fine views of the surrounding countryside from the churchyard.
Originally of Saxon origin, the church was rebuilt in the 13th century, with later additions during the 18th and 19th centuries. The font is Norman with a fine carved oak lid, crafted locally by Dennis Mayes, a former Church Warden.
For further information, please contact David Collins at: stmichaelsedstone@aol.com
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