 Front Street Sowerby |
SOWERBY. It
joins hands with Thirsk, but keeps its own identity. On its long road, lined with trees like an avenue, are an old timbered
house and a church of old and new; and over the Cod Beck at its southern end is
an old packhorse bridge. The 19th century work in the church is in the style of the
old. Remains of the Norman church
are in the tower, with a stout arch-opening to the nave, and in most of the wall
of the south aisle with its fine little doorway enriched with zigzag and
beakheads. The old door has studs
making up the date 1680, but its ironwork looks old enough to be Norman. A rare feature is the tiny peephole in the corner between the tower and
aisle, through which the altar is seen. In
the window near it is beautiful glass in memory of a chorister of 15, showing
him kneeling before Our Lord and holding a cross.
From Arthur Mee's Yorkshire North Riding 1941 |
