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THE BRAFFERTON BENEFICE
This is the group for which the House for Duty role will be focussed to begin
with. The benefice comprises three churches, all with PCCs. St Peter’s
Brafferton, St Mary’s Myton on Swale, and St Mary Magdalene Thormanby.
The population of the Brafferton benefice is approximately 1000. The house
at Holly Garth is in Brafferton.
ST PETER’S BRAFFERTON
The Building
St Peter’s is Grade II* listed. There is a sound system with 'Loop'. The church
is unlocked during daylight hours. St Peter’s stands on high ground
overlooking the river Swale where St Paulinus carried out a mass baptism in
the 7th Century. The chancel and West tower date from the 15th century with
the chapels added in the 16th century. Early in the 19th century it was
decided to enlarge the church by reconstructing the nave in a Georgian
perpendicular style. The result is light and airy with the nave being unusually
broader than it is long. In 1981 the south chapel was enclosed in glass and
fitted out for small services using some of the furnishings from the closed
daughter church at the nearby village of Pilmoor. There is a peal of six bells in
the tower but without a local team of ringers they are only heard when the
Easingwold team ring on request for weddings.
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