Church of St Martin

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St Martin's Church is the parish church of Womersley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church in Womersley was recorded in the Domesday Book, but the oldest part of the current building is part of the north arcade, dating from the 12th century. The nave and remainder of the north aisle are 13th century, while the south aisle, porch, transepts and tower were added in the 14th century. The building was further altered in the 15th, 18th and 19th centuries, the work including the addition of a vestry and rebuilding of the chancel. The building was restored by William Henry Crossland in 1867, who lowered the floor, removed a gallery, and installed an organ. From 1893 to 1894, it was further restored by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner. In 1900, Thomas Kensit of the Protestant Truth Society stole the statues from the rood screen to protest what he believed was a Catholic influence on them, though they were quickly recovered. The building was grade I listed in 1967.

The church is built of magnesian limestone with roofs of red tile, grey slate and stone slate. It has a cruciform plan, consisting of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, north...