Church of the Ascension

The Church of the Ascension is an Anglican church in the village of Whixley, North Yorkshire, England. Whilst the Domesday Book entry for Whixley mentions the presence of a church, the main fabric of the existing church dates to the 14th century.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Whixley, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Church of the Ascension, Whixley”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cattal railway station and Allerton Castle.

Cattal railway station

Railway station

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cattal is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 10+1⁄2 miles west of York, serves the village of Cattal in North Yorkshire, England. Cattal railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Church of the Ascension.

Allerton Castle

Manor estate

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Allerton Castle, also known as Allerton Park, is a Grade I listed nineteenth-century Gothic or Victorian Gothic house at Allerton Mauleverer in North Yorkshire, England. Allerton Castle is situated 2 miles west of Church of the Ascension.

Hammerton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hammerton is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 8+3⁄4 miles west of York, serves the villages of Green Hammerton and Kirk Hammerton in North Yorkshire, England. Hammerton railway station is situated 2½ miles southeast of Church of the Ascension.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whixley and Little Ouseburn.

Whixley

Village

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Whixley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A1 motorway and 10 miles west of York. The ancient village of Whixley lies on Rudgate, the old Roman road along which the Roman “Hispania” Legion would have marched to nearby Isurium.

Little Ouseburn

Village

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Ouseburn is a small village and civil parish in the county and unitary authority area of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the A1 motorway and 6 miles south-east of Boroughbridge. Little Ouseburn is situated 1½ miles north of Church of the Ascension.

Hopperton

Hamlet

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hopperton is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton parish. The village is situated close to the A59, the A1 and the A168. Cattal railway station is situated just under two miles from the village with services to Leeds, York and Harrogate. Hopperton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Church of the Ascension.

Church of the Ascension

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Whixley, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.01879° or 54° 1′ 8″ north

Longitude

-1.32683° or 1° 19′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C6W2M9F+G7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 772146809

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q17536485

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