We are a village church just outside York and at the edge of the village of Acaster Malbis which fronts the River Ouse and to which holiday makers come in Summer.

Part of the Bishopthorpe group of churches, we are a growing church.  Most of our services are traditional in form and all are accompanied by our pipe organ.  Each January we hold our Plough Service at which a new born lamb is blessed and a former hand drawn plough is brought into the church.  At Rogationtide  in May we “beat the bounds” of the Parish, walking in procession through the village.

History

The Romans had a settlement here and after the Norman conquest the D’Acaster family built a church around 1100.  The Malbysse family came to England with  William the Conqueror and the two families of D’Acaster and Malbysse were united in marriage.  Richard Malbysse, known as  “Mala Bestia”, was fined £40 for his part in the infamous massacre of the Jews in Clifford’s Tower in 1190.

The present cruciform church, with its recently restored wooden spire, was built in the first half of the 14th century.  The East Window retains glass from the mid 14th century.

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