St Andrews, Aldborough

St Andrews Alborough, built on a Roman site

St Andrews, Aldborough

Where is it – England, Yorkshire and the Humber

Who looks after it –  Church authorities 

What is it –  Church, Free access 

When is it from – Medieval

The address is for the adjacent Ship Inn. St Andrews Aldborough (old borough) is a handsome parish church, the third to have stood on the site, dating from 1330. It is packed with history and replaced Church No 2, which had been destroyed by the Scots. The original church is believed to have stood on the site of the Roman Temple of Mercury, close to the Forum, in the Roman town of Aldborough – Isurium Brigantum. Of interest to horologists, St Andrews claims to possess the longest church clock pendulum in the country!

 


Address

Low Road, Aldborough, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire YO51 9ER 

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