St Robert's Church, Pannal
| St Robert's Church, Pannal | |
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| St Robert of Knaresborough Parish Church | |
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 St Robert's Church, Pannal
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| 53°57′39″N 1°32′12″W / 53.96083°N 1.53667°WCoordinates: 53°57′39″N 1°32′12″W / 53.96083°N 1.53667°W | |
| OS grid reference | SE305517 |
| Location | Pannal, North Yorkshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Previous denomination | Roman Catholic (13th century–1539) |
| Churchmanship | Central |
| Website | strobertschurch.co.uk |
| History | |
| Former name(s) |
St Michael the Archangel (or All Angels) |
| Founded | 13th century |
| Dedication | Robert of Knaresborough |
| Dedicated | 1319 |
| Consecrated | 1348 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed 1149449 |
| Designated | 18 July 1949 |
| Architectural type | Parish church |
| Style | Medieval |
| Specifications | |
| Bells | 3 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Ecclesiastical parish of St Robert of Knaresborough, Pannal (300230 30/230) |
| Deanery | Harrogate (30104) |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeacon of Ripon (301) |
| Diocese | Diocese of Leeds |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Reverend John Smith |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Miss Ann Howard; Mrs Jean Hannam(acting) |
| Verger | Mrs Christine Ward-Campbell |
| Parish administrator | Mr Tim White |
St Robert's Church, Pannal, North Yorkshire, England, also known as St Robert of Knaresborough Parish Church, is a Grade II* listed building. A 13th-century wooden church dedicated to St Michael was rebuilt in sandstone in the 14th century by monks of the Trinitarian Order from Knaresborough Priory. It was perhaps then that it was rededicated to Robert of Knaresborough. Its nave was rebuilt in the 18th century, restored in the 19th and remodelled in the 20th. Extensions were added in the 20th century. It is a parish church, and the vicar also serves the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw.
The church stands on Main Street in the historic core of the village of Pannal, at about 85 metres above sea level. Pannal is a "straggling linear" village among farms, woods and former quarries. The crenellated church tower is a significant landmark locally. The church stands opposite Pannal Hall, which from 1724 was the seat of the Bentley family: landowners whose memorials line the walls of the chancel. The Bentleys had the right to church tithes and the duty to maintain the chancel.
The first record of the village is "Panhale" in the Pipe Rolls of 1170. A wooden church occupied the site of the present church probably in 1250, and definitely in 1271 when the archdeacon of Rochester Witton (or William?) de Santo Martino resigned the ministry of Pannal, and when the village was also called Rosehurst. The church was dedicated to St Michael and was called St Michael the Archangel (or All Angels) until at least 1304. Its vicar became Archdeacon of Rochester in 1271. Edmund Earl of Cornwall gave the church to St Robert's Priory in 1278. The present church was built before May 1318, when it was "said to have been damaged by a Scottish raiding party" who visited Pannal before or after attacking Knaresborough Castle, and left the village after stealing cattle and sacking and burning the church. The chancel was rebuilt in 1319 by monks from Knaresborough Priory. They belonged to the Trinitarian Order of St Robert of Knaresborough, and it may have been this event which inspired the rededication of the church. The priory received the church and its income from Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall in 1319, and it was consecrated in 1348. The priory was dissolved in 1539, and Pannal Church became Protestant. In 1549 the Chantry of St James, Pannal, was dissolved. There are parish register transcripts for Pannal, dating from the 16th century onwards, at the Borthwick Institute for Archives.
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