Talk:St Robert's Church, Pannal

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Did you know... that the building of St Robert's Church, Pannal, North Yorkshire, was begun by brothers of the Trinitarian Order in the 14th century?

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Further research

Clock mechanism. Church records may have the answer to the question of the age and manufacture of the turret clock mechanism, which may date from the 19th century.
Smallest bell. Church records may also give the age and manufacture of the smallest bell, which could be 500 years old and contemporary with the tower, since it was not recast along with the other two bells.
St Robert's relics. Church records or Reverend Rowntree's book may tell us what happened to any relics of St Robert. These were possibly buried according to custom under the altar in the chancel at the time of consecration and dedication in the 14th century.^[1]^[2] Revd Rowntree was in charge of the 1882–1884 raising of the chancel floor, which would have involved initial digging out of the original floor, and his work left no memorial of early burials inside the church.^[3]
Architects of the nave. It would also be worth including the name(s) of the architect(s) involved in the 18th and 19th century rebuilds of the nave: firstly because they should be given credit, and secondly they may have produced other noteworthy works, which would assist in the appreciation of this building.

^ Rowntree, Rev. Mark (1921). Pannal, Past and Present: or, the past and present of an ancient Yorkshire Parish. R. Ackrill (modern reprint).
^ New Advent: Catholic Encyclopedia: Consecration Retrieved 9 January 2014
^ The whereabouts of the church records is unknown, but they may be at the North Yorkshire Archives at Northallerton] Retrieved 9 January 2014. In The Pickard and Peckitt records, a 14th century-20th century collection, Reference ZTJ

Turret clock mechanism

The following archive newspaper advertisement may give a clue to the manufacture of the turret clock mechanism in the tower:

Church and turret clocks. W.M. Potts & Sons, 12 and 13 Guildford Street, Leeds. Manufacturers by machinery of all kinds of clocks for Cathedrals, Town Halls, Churches, Memorials, Stables, Factories or Turrets, on the most improved plans, with all the latest improvements. Towers inspected and information supplied on application. (Clock factory, Basinghall Street) ^{The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 21 October 1886}

[1] Rowntree, Rev. Mark (1921). Pannal, Past and Present: or, the past and present of an ancient Yorkshire Parish. R. Ackrill (modern reprint).

[2] New Advent: Catholic Encyclopedia: Consecration Retrieved 9 January 2014

[3] The whereabouts of the church records is unknown, but they may be at the North Yorkshire Archives at Northallerton] Retrieved 9 January 2014. In The Pickard and Peckitt records, a 14th century-20th century collection, Reference ZTJ

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