St Peter's Church
Osmotherley North Yorkshire
The church has a 15th century tower and porch, and a long nave and chancel with medieval walls, probably on Norman foundations.
The south aisle and its arcade were added in the restoration of 1892, during which the foundations of a Saxon apse were discovered. There are fragments of Saxon crosses and part of a hogback in the porch, which has marks as of sharpening tools on its entrance. The Norman doorway has an arch with zigzag and beak-heads, but two of its shafts have been renewed. The old strap hinges are on the door. The font is Norman. 
The fine chancel arch, made new at the close of the 14th century, is unusual for its clustered shafts, rising from above the floor level. The south chapel, opening from the chancel by two arches, was built 400 years ago as a resting-place for Sir James Strangeways and his wife. An earlier Sir James, in the reign of Edward the Fourth, was Speaker of the House of Commons.
From Arthur Mee's The Kings England 1941
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