Ancient_and_modern_York_a_guide

MODERN YORK. 85
years, consequent on the improvements which have been
effected in the street. It is now in good repair. Churchroom,
325 ; net value, £87.
&t. 0.axtiriAt*&xaritl, Contg^Strot.
This church is supposed to have been erected at the
time of the conquest ; as there is mention made in
Domesday, of the church of St. Martin that belonged to
Gospatrick. It was formerly reckoned amongst the great
farms of the common of the dean and chapter of York ;
and the patronage still belongs to them. On the 5 Kal.
Dec. a.D. 1331, they appointed William de Langtoft,
vicar, and gave him an adjoining house to dwell in. The
church, consists pf a nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a
square tower at the south-west angle. From east to west
the interior is divided into a body and aisles by six pointed
arches. The ceiling is flat, and beautifully ornamented
with sculptured bosses. The church formerly had a great
deal of fine painted glass ; but in 1722, the east window,
which contained the history of St. Athanasius, was re
moved to the Minster. Recently the interior has been
renovated, at a considerable cost, by the parishioners,
and it is now one of the handsomest of the churches in
the city. In the square tower is a peal of bells, presented
to the church by William Thompson, Esq., in 1729.
Each bell has a curious inscription; the following dis
tich being on the 6th :—
• ■ *1 All you that hear my mournful sound,
Repent before you lie in ground."
The most remarkable of the monuments in the church, is
one to the memory of Mrs. Porteus, mother of Beilby
Porteus, bishop of London, who was born in York.
ChurchTrqom, 400 ; net value, £97.
&t. f?tlm, ^torugate.
This is one of the four churches, which, in York and its
suburbs, were dedicated to St. Helen, mother of Constantine
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