Place:Garton on the Wolds, Yorkshire, England

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NameGarton on the Wolds
Alt namesGartonsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 306
Garton-on-the-Woldssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Gartunesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 306
TypeVillage
Coordinates54.017°N 0.485°W
Located inYorkshire, England
Also located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England    
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Garton on the Wolds is a village and civil parish on the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of Driffield town centre and lies on the A166 road.


The civil parish is formed by the village of Garton on the Wolds and the hamlet of Elmswell. According to the 2001 UK census, Garton parish had a population of 299.

Its church, St. Michael's and All Angels dates back to Norman times, circa 1132. In the 19th century, it was restored by John Loughborough Pearson, with funding from Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet of nearby Sledmere House. Later his son, Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, employed George Edmund Street to furnish the church. It was eulogised by Nicholas Pevsner and is a popular visitor attraction due to its unique interior; the walls and ceilings are decorated in colourful murals depicting various biblical scenes, in sharp contrast to the stark interior of many other churches, and it has highly geometric floors in the altar and nave. It is on the Sykes Churches Trail devised by the East Yorkshire Churches Group.

Garton was served by Garton railway station on the Malton and Driffield Railway between 1853 and 1950.

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