Elvington, Yorkshire
Linked with Sutton by a quaint and narrow old bridge, it has gay cottage gardens and fine trees, and looks over the fields to the woods, where there is a heronry.
The church is tucked away at a corner, an acacia and a spreading yew shading the path in the churchyard, where are the old stocks. Rebuilt in 1877 in medieval style, it has a tower with a pagoda-like timber belfry, a chancel with an apse, and an arcade of brick arches on stone pillars. The capitals are elaborately carved with the wild flowers and berries, the wheat and barley of the countryside, butterflies adding a touch of life, and texts being interwoven with the rest.
The only ancient relic is the Norman font, massive and crude.
Arthur Mees 'Yorkshire East Riding with York' 6th Impression 1950
