Villagers back roof repairs
Published Date:
07 May 2008
By Staff Copy
PARISHIONERS in Wharram-le-Street are launching a fundraising drive to repair their 950-year-old church.
They need to find as much as £15,000 to fix the roof of St Mary’s Church after English Heritage awarded £50,000 towards their cause. For the first fundraising event at the end of June, villagers in Wharram-le-Street and Duggleby will hold an Open Gardens weekend with stalls, vintage cars and cream teas.
Church warden Richard Hazlerigg said: “The village shop, post office and the pub have all gone. This is the one remaining site that is left for the community. You are looking at a community focal point rather than a church.”
St Mary's Church is one of five churches in the Wolds Valley and serves the villages of Wharram-le-Street and Duggleby.
The full article contains 140 words and appears in Malton & Pickering Mercury newspaper.
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Last Updated:
05 May 2008 9:20 AM
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Source:
Malton & Pickering Mercury
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Location:
Malton
