Sheriff Hutton - Religion

Religion

The parish Church is dedicated to St Helen and Holy Cross and was built in the early 12th century. It is a Grade I Listed Building. The chancel was added in the 13th century and there were other rebuilding work carried out in both 14th and 15th centuries.

An alabaster cenotaph with an effigy of a child was long regarded to depict Edward of Middleham, son of Richard III and Anne Neville, but is now thought to be an earlier work and depicts one of the Neville family.

There is also a Methodist Church in the village near the school. Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels were built in the 19th century.

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