English Churches - North Yorkshire
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St Agatha's Church, Easby - Part Two
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The
chancel walls of St Agatha's Church are
covered with C13th wall paintings. These were covered with
whitewash at the Reformation and were rediscovered and
carefully restored by the Victorians. On the north wall, the frieze depicts the Creation of Eve from the rib of Adam to the tempting by the serpent and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. ![]() On the window reveals are agricultural scenes with a sower sowing seeds with a raven waiting beside him, a man on horseback out hawking and finally spinning and digging. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The back walls of the sedilia are painted with images of bishops. ![]() The paintings are most attractive with simple lines and are in predominant shades of red, cream and blue black. They are some of the best and most complete early medieval wall paintings in the country. |
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