Old door

It's a door!

Saturday 25th April 2015

Tied up with various things today including attending a talk on 'Roman Catterick' at Thornton le Street village hall near Northallerton. I arrived early for the talk and had a wander around St. Leonard's Church (not open), next to the car park. It is an old church, but as I looked at the size of the village (very small), I thought about the number of services and size of congregation. My eye was constantly drawn to this old timber door on the south side of the church and in particular the cobwebs, handle and lock. I understand this is the 'Priest's door'. What year did the Priest last turn the key in the lock, I wonder?