St John the Evangelist Churchyard in Whitwell-on-the-Hill, North Yorkshire

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Whitwell-on-the-Hill, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire YO60 7JW England

Coordinates: 54.08363, -0.89506
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Whitwell-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire. It is 6 miles SW from the town of Malton, and just off the busy A64 road from York to Scarborough.

The Church of St John the Evangelist, occupying a prominent position at the top of Whitwell Hill, was erected at the sole expense of Lady Louisa Katherine Lechmere following her marriage to Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, in fulfilment of a wish of her late father. The foundation stone was laid on 6 October 1858 and the church was consecrated on 21 August 1860 by the Archbishop of York, the Right Reverend C. T. Longley. The building is a splendid example of the work of G. E. Street.

The well-maintained churchyard is still in use. The public high road goes along the western wall, and the churchyard is entered by a massive lych-gate; an ancient resting place for the coffin where mourners waited until the clergyman came out to meet the corpse.