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Thousand of Pounds worth of
damage to the stonework at
St. Mary’s Parish Church
Thousands of pounds worth of damage to the stonework at St
Mary’s parish church was caused late last month when vandals
climbed scaffolding being used for repairs to the south
transept roof to gain access to the roof of the nave from where
three heavy stones, which formed the parapet-style crenellations,
were wrenched away and hurtled to the graveyard 30 feet below.
The incident at the 12th Century Grade 1 listed building is
thought to have occurred on Wednesday, May 23, between 10pm
and 10.30pm, and added to a five-week spate of vandalism which
included a break-in at the vestry - also on the south side of the
church - and the theft of a neck-microphone.
Church officials understand that passers-by on the snicket,
which loops from Hallgate round the southern side of the church,
saw a group of people on the roof, but have not been able to identify
them.
Cottingham’s village-centre CCTV system covers a section of
the church, where there is also internal security camera coverage.
Several empty larger bottles, recovered from close to the scene
of the damage, have been placed under security wraps and will be
used as evidence, if necessary, during the on-going investigations
into the damage.
Following a request to Cottingham Parish Council late last year
by St Mary’s Parochial Church Council for an extension of
Cottingham’s no-drinking zone to cover the church grounds, the
village authority asked the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to
implement their request. The extension had not been sanctioned
by the time of the nave roof incident, but an ERYC spokesman said
that it should be in place in the near future.
Although damaged, two of the three sand-stones plummeted
onto soft ground in the graveyard, but the badly-shattered third
crashed onto a headstone and tipped it well away from its upright
position.
Mrs June Green, a churchwarden at St Mary’s, pictured at the scene of
the vandalism. Cost of repair work is likely to run into thousands of
pounds.
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