The village is noted for its church, Stonegrave Minster which has its origins in the 8th century.[5] The tower is partly Anglo-Saxon, with the main body of the church rebuilt during the Norman period with locally quarried stone. The grade II* listed church was rebuilt in 1863.[6][7] It is part of a four-parish benefice, including the churches of Oswaldkirk, Stonegrave, Gilling and Ampleforth.[8] It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Stengrif, with the land belonging to Ralph Pagenel.[9]
Notable people
Herbert Read, the art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, who was best known for numerous books on art, purchased the old rectory in the village in 1948.[10] Read died there in 1968. His modern art and sculpture collection alongside that of his wife's furniture were displayed at the grade II listed Stonegrave House in the village.[11][12]
Stonegrave is also the burial place of Robert Thornton, who was a scribe and manuscript compiler. Due to his efforts, many works of Middle English literature have been preserved.[13]
^Fein, Susanna; Johnston, Michael, eds. (2014). Robert Thornton and his books : essays on the Lincoln and London Thornton manuscripts. York: York Medieval Press. p. 267. ISBN9781903153512.
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