Carved wooden screen separating the nave from the chancel

The pulpit, next to the wooden screen at the front of the nave

The organ fills the middle of the church

Selby Abbey Church

June 14, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F

Selby is a little market town of 15,000 set in the Yorkshire countryside. It has a working abbey church, founded by William the Conqueror in 1069, and added onto over time. It is unusual for surviving intact after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s. Unlike many other abbeys, this one was built in a town, and all the rest of the abbey buildings are gone, replaced by some pretty houses and shops.

We happened to be there right after a wedding, and the 12 huge bells pealed for about 20 minutes!

The inside is jaw dropping! Inside the west door is the nave, separated from the chancel by a carved wooden rood screen of open tracery.Read more