Garton on the Wolds

Garton on the Wolds

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 54.021328
longitude = -0.500170
official_name = Garton on the Wolds
population = 299 (2001 census)
civil_parish = Garton on the Wolds
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster = East Yorkshire
post_town = DRIFFIELD
postcode_district = YO25
postcode_area = YO
dial_code = 01377
os_grid_reference = SE983594

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 Convert|3|mi|km|lk=on north west of Driffield town centre and lies on the A166 road.

The civil parish is formed by the village of Garton on the Wolds and the hamlet of Elmswell.According to the 2001 UK census, Garton parish had a population of 299.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790963&c=Garton&d=16&e=15&g=390746&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1210976287147&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Garton CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-05-16
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher = Office for National Statistics]

Its church, St. Michael's and All Angels dates back to Norman times, circa 1132. In the 19th century, it was restored by John Loughborough Pearson, with funding from Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet of nearby Sledmere House. Later his son, Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, employed George Edmund Street to furnish the church. [Sykes Church Trail Southern Route - East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group] It was eulogised by Nicholas Pevsner and is a popular visitor attraction due to its unique interior; the walls and ceilings are decorated in colourful murals depicting various biblical scenes, in sharp contrast to the stark interior of many other churches, and it has highly geometric floors in the altar and nave. [cite book
last = Pevsner
first = Nikolaus
authorlink = Nikolaus Pevsner
coauthors = David Neave
title = Yorkshire: York and the East Riding: The Buildings of England
origyear = 1972
edition = 2nd Ed.
year = 2002
publisher = Yale University Press
isbn = 0-300-09593-7]

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