Thirsk & Sowerby
North Yorkshire

Kepwick North Yorkshire

Kepwick is 8 miles from Thirsk on the eastern edge of the Hambleton Hills within the North York Moors national park

Grid Ref:SE450900 54:18:13N, 1:18:36W Location Map

Post Office: Tuesday & Thursday 9-5 closed lunch 12:30-1:30

The land was held by the Knout and de Fauconberg families in Norman times. Richard Knout (Knut or Canute?) was Eva of Boltby's second husband, 1284-92. (See effigies in Felixkirk.)

Originally the private chapel was the Mission room and was rebuilt and expanded by the Warner family, whose only son was shot down during World War I whilst serving with the R.F.C. against Richthofen's flying circus. His late sister was the basis of one of Herriot's characters who owned a lively pekinese dog.

Memorial Chapel Kepwick

The private chapel which now belongs to the Guthe family was built in 1894. It has some fine glass and a good Harrison organ. The West Window depicts St Michael and the more heroic biblical characters and saints. The East Window depicts the Resurrection, designed by Clayton & Bell after World War I.