Penhill Benefice covers a large part of picturesque Wensleydale,  and consists of  Aysgarth church (St Andrew’s), Castle Bolton church (St Oswald’s), Preston under Scar church (St Margaret’s), Redmire church (St Mary’s), Wensley church (Holy Trinity) and West Witton church (St Bartholomew’s) and  Thornton Rust Mission Room.

For full details  about when the churches are open, events, and services see www.penhillbenefice.co.uk

Remembrance

Names of the men of Aysgarth parish who were killed during two World Wars and the 1st Iraq War are at the beginning of the post: War Memorials and Graves at Aysgarth church

Further reading

For more about Aysgarth church see: Aysgarth Church – a Guide, Pentecost at Aysgarth church; a personal view;  the Heroine of Cawnpore;  Aysgarth church and a Gurkha officer; 2014 Flower Festival ; and In Appreciation of Easter.  See also Wensley Church

About other places of worship in Wensleydale: St Simon and St Judes, Ulshaw Bridge;   and the introduction to The Quaker Inheritance – which is part of my series on Pioneering Girls’ Education.

FLOWER FESTIVALS at Aysgarth Church

Photographs of the flower festival during the Festival of Remembrance November 9-12 2018 can be seen by going to Aysgarth Festival of Remembrance.

And click here to see photographs of the flower festival during the Harvest Festival at St Andrew’s in September 2019.