Scenes from the Yorkshire Wolds, East Riding of Yorkshire

8a. Selby Abbey Church. Selby Town and River Ouse

Selby, surprisingly? was originally in the old West Riding, rather than the East Riding, and you might think now it is in South Yorkshire but it isn't! Selby Town is actually in North Yorkshire! Original pictures from February 2011, new pictures added on a more sunny day in May 2011.

Selby Station. On the left my train from York and on the right a train arriving from Hull as it crosses the swing bridge over the River Ouse. Its nice to see quite a lot of the Victorian iron superstructure of the roof still in place and nicely painted.

The town centre of Selby with the weathered market cross of ?

The west front and western door entrance to Selby Abbey Church.

Selby Abbey Church: View of Selby Abbey from the south-east. The central tower of Selby Abbey is Selby Town's official clock and has to be wound every day! A bit of a climb up for the 'keeper of the clock'!

Selby Abbey Church: The relatively modern south transept on the left and the south-east end of the chancel (the exterior of the ? Chapel) of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: The restored south walls of the east end of the abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Some of the beautiful 'replacement medieval' external carvings on the pillar decoration of windows in the south wall of the east end of the abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: View of Selby Abbey from the north-east

Selby Abbey Church: Some of the gargoyles on the exterior roof of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: The great richly carved arches, pillars and capitals of the great north door of Selby Abbey.

Some of the carved figures on the external architecture of Selby Abbey

 

Selby Abbey Church: The beautifully restored five orders of carvings of the west door of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Looking east down the nave of Selby Abbey with its great pillars of the 12th and 13th centuries.

Selby Abbey Church: In the 2nd arch of the north aisle is the plain Norman font BUT crowned with an amazingly and beautifully carved 15th C15) century font cover (some more detailed pictures below).

Selby Abbey Church: Looking east along the late 12th century pillars and 'Romanesque' arches of the south-west end of the nave of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Looking west down the nave to the west door of Selby Abbey - note the distinctive diamond decoration on the pillar named after Hugh, the 2nd of the Selby Abbey Abbot (details below).

Selby Abbey Church: A glimpse of the triforum and clerestory windows at the east end of the north aisle of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Some fragments of medieval glass in the 3rd window of the north aisle of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Two arches of the triforum above two arches of the nave distorted by the weight of the central tower as it shifted in the softish ground of Selby.

Selby Abbey Church: Some particularly fine carving on the capitals of some of the pillars of the nave of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Details of the capital carvings from the picture above.

Hugh de Pickworth's monument (tomb cover) - he fought for King Edward II in Scotland ion the early 14th century. and later served in the English parliament.	In the north aisle is tomb cover of Margaret de Pickworth's - she was the wife of Hugh de Pickworth (left in the south aisle of the nave).

Looking east down the south aisle of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: The crossing, below the tower, viewed from the south transept to the north transept of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: The Germain stained glass window in the North Transept of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Above and below: Looking east through the Choir to the Chancel and altar and beyond is the upper parts of the great east Jesse window of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Looking west down the Choir from the Chancel of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: The sedilia in the south-east corner of the chancel by the altar of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: The Washington coat of arms in one of the stained glass windows

Selby Abbey Church: A full view of the magnificent east window of Selby Abbey, known as the Jesse Window with its wonderful medieval tracery.

Selby Abbey Church: The main panels of the east stained glass window.

Selby Abbey Church: A close up of some of the painted glass or stained glass East window ('the Jesse Window') of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: A 'green man' figure above the altar in south-east corner of the chancel of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: A strange beast in carved into a capital of a pillar at the north-east corner of the chancel above the altar of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: Some of carved and 'menacing' faces at the east end of the Chancel of Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: The Chapel of the Resurrection in Selby Abbey.

Selby Abbey Church: The chapel known as the St Nicholas Centre with its fined vaulted arches.

Selby Abbey Church: The medieval stained glass windows of the St Nicholas Centre in Selby Abbey (more detailed pictures below).

Selby Abbey Church: Left light - main body of window plus top section.

Selby Abbey Church: The main sections of the middle light and right light.

 

Selby Abbey Church: Two views of the top section of the middle light

 

Selby Abbey Church: The top section of the right light painted glass window

Final view of Selby Abbey Church in last rays of sunlight, February 2011

Corunna House - a fine early 18th century building

Sculpture representing some of the cultural and industrial history of Selby down by the River Ouse near the A63 bridge (below).

The relatively modern bridge that replaced a very fine, but rotting, 18th century wooden bridge.

Scenes on the River Ouse

Looking towards the railway bridge over the River Ouse.

More pictures of Selby Station, still retaining some of its fine Victorian ironwork - March 2012

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