The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or restored

Victorian restoration

Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...

 by the Sykes family

Sykes family of Sledmere

The Sykes family of Sledmere own Sledmere House in Yorkshire, England.-Family history:The Sykes family settled in Sykes Dyke near Carlisle in Cumberland during the Middle Ages. The earliest correspondence in the Sykes archives relates to Richard Sykes , from his factors in Danzig and local gentry...

 of Sledmere House

Sledmere House

Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. It is located in the village of Sledmere, between Driffield and Malton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

 in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The tour was devised by the East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group and is divided into a southern circuit and a planned northern circuit.

Work on the churches was financed by Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet (1772–1863) and his son Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet (1826–1913). The 4th Baronet engaged John Loughborough Pearson

John Loughborough Pearson

John Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5...

 to work on churches at Garton on the Wolds

Garton on the Wolds

Garton on the Wolds is a village and civil parish on the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of Driffield town centre and lies on the A166 road....

, Kirkburn

Kirkburn

Kirkburn is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about south west of Driffield town centre and is on the A614 road....

, Bishop Wilton

Bishop Wilton

Bishop Wilton is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north of Pocklington and east of Stamford Bridge....

 and Hilston in Holderness

Hilston

Hilston is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and north west of Withernsea. It lies to the east of the B1242 road....

. The 5th Baronet worked with the architects C. Hodgson Fowler

C. Hodgson Fowler

Charles Hodgson Fowler was a prolific English ecclesiastical architect who specialised in building and, especially, restoring churches.-Life:He was born in Nottinghamshire...

, G.E.Street

George Edmund Street

George Edmund Street was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex.- Life :Street was the third son of Thomas Street, solicitor, by his second wife, Mary Anne Millington. George went to school at Mitcham in about 1830, and later to the Camberwell collegiate school, which he left in 1839...

 and Temple Moore

Temple Lushington Moore

Temple Lushington Moore was an architect working in the Gothic revival style.-Personal life:He was the son of Captain George Frederick Moore and Charlotte Reilly ....

. His achievements were far greater than his father's, and unparalleled elsewhere in Britain. He financed work on 17 rural churches between 1866 and 1913.

Churches of the southern circuit

Southern circuit	Key
	BW = Bishop Wilton C = Cowlam F = Fridaythorpe Fi = Fimber GW = Garton on the Wolds K = Kirkburn NF = North Frodingham S = Sledmere T = Thixendale W = Wansford We = Wetwang

These include:

Dedication	Location	Notes	OS Grid square	Image
St Elgin	North Frodingham North Frodingham North Frodingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south east of the town of Driffield and lies on the B1249 road....	Restored Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...  in stages between 1877–91 by the 5th Baronet. The top part of the Perpendicular tower was designed by Temple Moore.
St Mary	Sledmere Sledmere Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that is situated approximately north west of Driffield on the B1253 road.Together with the hamlet of Croome it forms the civil parish of Sledmere and Croome....	Built in 1893–8, to a design by Temple Moore, at a cost of £60,000. Stained glass by H.V. Milner and Burlison and Grylls Burlison and Grylls Burlison and Grylls is the name of an English company who produced stained glass windows from 1868 onwards.The company of Burlison and Grylls was founded in 1868 at the instigation of the architects George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner. Both John Burlison and Thomas Grylls had trained in the... .
St Mary	Cowlam Cowlam Cowlam is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the Yorkshire Wolds approximately east of the village of Sledmere. It lies south of the B1253 road.It forms part of the civil parish of Cottam....	A small medieval church restored Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...  in 1852 to a design by Mary E Sykes, daughter of the 4th Baronet.
St Michael	Garton on the Wolds Garton on the Wolds Garton on the Wolds is a village and civil parish on the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of Driffield town centre and lies on the A166 road....	Dates from around 1120 and was restored Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...  in 1856–7 with stained glass by Clayton and Bell Clayton and Bell Clayton and Bell was one of the most prolific and proficient workshops of English stained glass during the latter half of the 19th century. The partners were John Richard Clayton and Alfred Bell . The company was founded in 1855 and continued until 1993...  to a design of J.L.Pearson.
St Mary	Kirkburn Kirkburn Kirkburn is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about south west of Driffield town centre and is on the A614 road....	A Norman church that was restored Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...  in 1856–7 when it had a porch added.
St Nicholas	Wetwang Wetwang Wetwang is a Yorkshire Wolds village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of Driffield on the A166 road....	Another church of Norman origin which was restored Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...  by both Baronets between 1845 and 1902.
St Mary	Fridaythorpe Fridaythorpe Fridaythorpe is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of Pocklington town centreand lies on the A166 road...	Restored in 1902–3 with the addition of a new north aisle designed by C. Hodgson Fowler and stained glass by Burlison and Grylls
St Mary	Thixendale Thixendale Thixendale is a tiny village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the Yorkshire Wolds, about 20 miles east of York.The population of the village and surrounding farms is 130....	One of a group of village buildings constructed to designs by G.E.Street in 1868–70.
St Mary	Fimber Fimber Fimber is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of Driffield town centre and south west of the village of Sledmere...	Built in 1869–71 in a thirteenth century style to replace a chapel of ease.
St Edith	Bishop Wilton Bishop Wilton Bishop Wilton is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north of Pocklington and east of Stamford Bridge....	Faithfully restored Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...  in 1858–9 with lavish internal embelishment to designs of J.L.Pearson.
St Mary	Wansford Wansford, East Riding of Yorkshire Wansford is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, it forms part of the civil parish of Skerne and Wansford. It is situated on the B1249 road and just to the north of the River Hull and the Driffield Canal. It is approximately south east of Driffield and north west of North...	Newly built in 1866–8 to designs by G.E.Street.

Other Sykes churches

These include several churches previously in the East Riding which, after boundary changes, are now in North Yorkshire.

Other Sykes churches	Key
	EH = East Heslerton H = Helperthorpe Hi = Hilston K = Kirby Grindalythe L = Langtoft S = Sherburn W = West Lutton WE = Weaverthorpe

Dedication	Location	Notes	OS Grid square	Image
St Andrew St Andrew's Church, East Heslerton St Andrew's Church, East Heslerton, is a redundant Anglican church at the south end of the village of East Heslerton, North Yorkshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.-History:The...	East Heslerton East Heslerton East Heslerton is a village, near Malton in North Yorkshire, England.-The church of Saint Andrew:The church was designed by George Edmund Street commissioned by Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere House. Work started in 1873 and St Andrew’s was completed in 1877...	Newly built in 1877 to a design by G.E.Street and is now a Grade I listed building.
St Hilda	Sherburn, North Yorkshire Sherburn, North Yorkshire Sherburn is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, Sherburn parish had a population of 786.The parish council is .St...	A Grade I listed building restored by the architect C. Hodgson Fowler between 1909 and 1913.
St Andrew	Kirby Grindalythe Kirby Grindalythe Kirby Grindalythe is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about eight miles south east of Malton. The name of the village is derived from Old Norse...	Restored Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...  in 1872–5 to a design by G.E.Street and after a recent grant of about £175,000 from English Heritage the church is now a Grade II* listed building.
St Mary	West Lutton West Lutton West Lutton is a village in North Yorkshire, England.The local church, St Mary's, features a sculpture by the Derbyshire sculptor James Redfern...	Set in the Great Wold Valley Great Wold Valley The Great Wold Valley is the largest and broadest of the valleys cutting into the Yorkshire Wolds. It carries the Gypsey Race, an intermittent stream, which once ran from Wharram-le-Street eastwards along and through the northern Yorkshire Wolds to reach the sea at Bridlington.It is known that the...  and has an atmosphere of peace and wide open spaces. The architect was G. E. Street and the stained glass is by Burlinson and Grylls.
St Peter	Helperthorpe Helperthorpe Helperthorpe is a village in Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Thankful Villages that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918....	Stands above the village. The original wooden church was pulled down in 1872 and replaced in 1875. The church and vicarage were designed by architect G.E.Street.
St Andrew	Weaverthorpe Weaverthorpe Weaverthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is 13 miles from Scarborough.Weaverthorpe was listed as being in the wapentake of Buckrose....	A stone built church with a Norman tower and unusual round staircase which protrudes on the exterior of the tower. It was restored Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...  by G.E.Street in 1870–72 and is Grade I listed.
St Peter	Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire Langtoft is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Situated north of Driffield town centre and lying on the B1249 between Driffield and Foxholes.According to the 2001 UK census, Langtoft parish had a population of 457....	This was a restoration Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria... , by C. Hodgson Fowler, in 1900–03 when the north aisle was added.
St Margaret	Hilston Hilston Hilston is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately east of Kingston upon Hull city centre and north west of Withernsea. It lies to the east of the B1242 road....	Probably of 12th-century origin, it was demolished and rebuilt to designs by J. L. Pearson in 1861–2. This new church suffered extensive bomb damage in 1941 and was rebuilt in 1956–7 to designs by Mr. Francis Johnson Francis Johnson (architect) See Francis Johnston for Irish architect of similar name.Francis Frederick Johnson CBE, , was an English architect, born in Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire.-Education and Early career:... of Bridlington, reusing a Norman doorway from the original church and some 19th century stained glass windows.