Ss Leonard & Mary, Malton

Leonard & Mary Roman Catholic Church Malton

Ss Leonard & Mary's is a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough. The medieval church was a gift from the Church of England to the Catholics of Malton and is the oldest church currently in use by Catholics in England.

History

The Church was built by the Gilbertine order as a chapel-of-ease for their nearby Priory, in Old Malton. The church passed into the hands of the Church of England after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. In 1971 the Church was restored to Catholic hands when the Church of England gave it to the Catholics of Malton in an ecumenical gesture.

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/NRY/MaltonStLeonardRC.html External photograph of St Leonards RC Church, Malton]
* [http://www.ryedale.co.uk/ryedale/malton/malton.html About Malton]