Visiting Churches


Group Description :

Thirsk Church
Visiting Churches Group Update 18-01-25

We start the 2026 programme with a look at Easingwold

Meet up outside The Methodist Church at 2pm

I have fixed up for St John the Evangelist, Long Street to be open and Kathryn Lynam has kindly offered to show us around. 

I doubt we will have time to visit St. John the Baptist & All Saints, Church Hill but we can return back to the Market Place via  "St Joseph's Convent", Longley House, a Grade II Listed Building was the site of Easingwold Convent. Prior to that it was a coaching Inn.  Then finish up with tea & coffee and discuss the programme for the rest of the year
 

Richard

 



Thursday 22th January 2026 — Easingwold Churches 2pm
Meet outside the methodist Church, Chapel Street

 
Richard Orr
075 0087 8998
History & Heritage co-ordinator, Easingwold u3a

Programme for the year in development

2026 fourth and fifth Thursdays

Month

Fourth Thursday

Or Fifth Thursday

January

22 January 2026

Easingwold Churches

29 January 2026

 

February

26 February 2026

TBC

March

26 March 2026

TBC

April

23 April 2026

TBC

30 April 2026

May

28 May 2026

TBC

June

25 June 2026

Yorkshire Wolds Sykes churches

July

23 July 2026

TBC

30 July 2026

August

27 August 2026

TBC

September

24 September 2026

Open Heritage week Sept

October

22 October 2026

TBC

29 October 2026

November

26 November 2026

TBC

December

24 December 2026

No meeting

31 December 2026


 
We are looking for members interested in setting up a Visiting Churches Group. Many u3a's have similar groups that explore the social, architectural, artwork, and historic role of churches.

We are surrounded by numerous old churches, some big, some small, some special, some not so special, but every one has a unique story to tell. These stories are embedded within the fabric of the church and in the social history of the generations of local lords, vicars, and ordinary people who have contributed to the making of the church as we see it today.

The idea is to meet monthly and visit a couple of churches each trip out, possibly combining the visits with a lunch or picnic.

We have a member willing to kick start the group but need to know who might be interested. Days, times, etc., would be for members to decide.

Please note that this is not a walking group or public transport group; travel would probably be by car share.

Recommended Reading
Church Crawlers “bible”, England’s Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins.

Group Contact and Session Information :
Group Leader(s) : Richard Orr
Groups Coordinator : Groups Coordinator (Main) : Richard Orr
Group Status : Vacancies
Frequency : On Selected Thursdays for 17 sessions until 30th January 2027
Group Meeting Dates :
Thursday 26th February 2026 Thursday 26th March 2026 Thursday 23rd April 2026
Thursday 30th April 2026 Thursday 28th May 2026 Thursday 25th June 2026
Thursday 23rd July 2026 Thursday 30th July 2026 Thursday 27th August 2026
Thursday 24th September 2026 Thursday 22nd October 2026 Thursday 29th October 2026
Thursday 26th November 2026