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Kirkby cum Osgodby
 
Kirkby cum Osgodby, St Andrew
Kirkby cum Osgodby, St Andrew
Kirkby cum Osgodby, St Andrew

The Church of St. Andrew, Kirkby-Cum-Osgodby, has an Early English tower and chancel with a 19th century nave.

There are late 14th century tombs to John Wildbore and his wife.

Mark Acton, 2008

Kirkby Cum Osgodby, St Andrew church, John Wildbore,
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew

The chancel windows have Y and intersecting tracery typical of the Early English period.

By contrast the round-headed windows in the nave date from about 1790 according to Pevsner.

May 2016

Kirkby Cum Osgodby, St Andrew church
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew

The tower has twin bell-openings in the style of the Anglo-Saxon period.

Angle buttresses support the rugged tower.

May 2016

Kirkby Cum Osgodby, St Andrew church
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, font
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, font
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, font

The font - a hemispherical bowl on a single baluster shaft - dates from the eighteenth century.

May 2016

Kirkby Cum Osgodby, St Andrew church, font
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, interior
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, interior
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, interior

The plastered walls and lowered ceiling of the nave date from the nineteenth century restoration.

May 2016

Kirkby Cum Osgodby, St Andrew church, interior
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, Royal Arms
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, Royal Arms
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, Royal Arms

The royal arms mounted on the west wall to the north of the tower arch are of George II.

May 2016

Kirkby Cum Osgodby, St Andrew chruch, royal arms
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, tower arch
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, tower arch
Kirkby-cum-Osgodby, St Andrew, tower arch

The tower arch in the west wall is from the Early English period.

May 2016

Kirkby Cum Osgodby, St Andrew church, tower arch