St Andrew, St Andrewgate

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St Andrew, St Andrewgate
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The building of the former medieval parish church of St Andrew on St Andrewgate Street in York , commonly referred to as St Andrew, St Andrewgate to distinguish it from St Andrew, Fishergate , dates mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries, but was first used Mentioned in 1194. The building is protected as a Grade II Listed Building and is used today by a congregation of the Evangelical Free Church Brethren Movement ( Christian Brethren ).

location

St Andrew is at the junction of St Andrewgate and Spen Lane, in a formerly run-down but redeveloped part of York east of Goodramgate.

history

In the Domesday Book one is the St. Andrew consecrated parish church mentioned. However, it is not certain whether the entry relates to St Andrew, St Andrewgate or St Andrew, Fishergate. St Andrew, St Andrewgate is first mentioned in 1194. In the course of the reforms of the York bishop Thomas von Bayeux (died 1100), who considerably expanded the cathedral chapter of York Minster and transferred it to this property, the church is said to have come into the possession of the cathedral chapter, as whose possession it is confirmed in a document from 1194 . However, the parts of the building that are preserved today were built later. The choir dates from 1390 to 1392, the nave from the 15th century.

From 1331 to 1443 the church was not independent but dependent on St Martin, Coney Street . In 1548 a union with All Saints (in the Marsh), Peasholme Green was planned, but this did not materialize, so that the parish was finally united with S Savior, St Saviourgate in 1586 .

In the middle of the 16th century it was abandoned as a church. The occasion was a law of 1547 that allowed the Corporation of York to reduce the number of churches from around 40 to 25. In the course of this, many church buildings were razed so that the building material and lead could be used for other purposes. St Andrew was finally closed in 1559. After that, part of the building is said to have been used as a stable, while the rest of the building is said to have been a brothel. In the 19th century the building then housed part of St Peter's School. The destroyed choir was separated and converted into a cottage in the 19th century. Since 1924 the church, which can no longer be recognized as such from the outside, has been used as a meeting place for the open Plymouth Brethren , a free church congregation of the Brethren movement .

architecture

The church building is made of limestone and sandstone blocks and is often supplemented with modern bricks. The arch, which originally connected the main nave with the choir and had meanwhile been bricked up, was reopened at the end of the 20th century. The church now consists of a church without side aisles with a small choir. A medieval window in Perpendicular style has been preserved, as well as the wooden beamed ceiling from the 15th century and the wooden substructure of the former bell tower at the western end of the church roof.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-464550-church-of-st-andrew-evangelical-church- accessed February 1, 2013
  2. ^ A b c Seymour, Brian: York's Other Churches and Chapels . 1992, p. 25
  3. ↑ PM Tillott (editor): The parish churches . In: A History of the County of York: the City of York . Institute of Historical Research. 1961. Retrieved February 1, 2013. Argued for entry in Domesday Book
  4. ^ A b c Pevsner, Nikolaus / Neave, David: Yorkshire: York and the East Riding . 2nd edition, 1995, p. 163
  5. ^ Wilson, Barbara / Mee, Frances: The Medieval Parish Churches of York. The Pictorial Evidence . York, 1998, p. 48, declines entry in the Domesday Book
  6. ↑ PM Tillott (editor): The parish churches . In: A History of the County of York: the City of York . Institute of Historical Research. 1961. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ PM Tillott (editor): The parish churches . In: A History of the County of York: the City of York . Institute of Historical Research. 1961. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.standrewschurchyork.org.uk/index.html accessed February 1, 2013

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Coordinates: 53 ° 57 ′ 39 "  N , 1 ° 4 ′ 42"  W.