St Michaels, Skidby

Skidby is a small village and civil parish in the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated 6 miles north-west of Hull city centre and 4 miles south of Beverley. Skidby is in a mainly rural area with several working farms. According to the 2011 UK census, Skidby parish had a population of 1,284.

 

St Michaels Skidby has a Coffee Morning on the 4th Friday of a moth-10.30-12.00 currently on hold.

The village includes  village hall, a flourishing pub, children’s playground. There is a Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. Among local businesses are, the Half Moon pub, Skidby Mill and Museum of Rural Life (another Grade II* listed building), and the Millhouse Restaurant.

Village events include the scarecrow festival which include the Heritage Weekend, carol singing when the lights on the village Christmas tree are switched on, and have involved church and village organisations together, and representatives from the latter read at the Carol Service.

St. Michael’s Church is situated in the centre of the village opposite the Methodist church, and is a Grade II* listed building. There has been a church on the site since 1227, though the present building dates from the 16th century.

Sunday morning worship is well attended by an active congregation of parishioners. A weekday Holy Communion is held on Wednesday mornings (ON HOLD),. There is also a monthly evening Bible Study organised by Joyce Cochrane (Reader) currently on ZOOM. Skidby school visit the church  during term time for collective worship.

The church contains four stained glass windows by Sep Waugh, dating from 1975 to 2001, and the churchyard has many examples of interesting 18th and 19th century headstones. 

The church has a major community link through a good relationship with and involvement in the village C of E primary school, encouraging the children, parents and staff to feel part of the church family. The Foundation Governors visit the school regularly, and take part in school Collective Worship and in the church services attended by the children. There is a very active Open The Book Team.St Michaels is open currently for prayer on Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday 10am-4pm

 

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Welcome to the Four Towers Benefice which consists of the village churches of All Hallows Walkington, All Saints Bishop Burton, St. Peter’s Rowley (serving the village of Little Weighton) and St. Michael’s Skidby. We are situated in the Beverley deanery, just north-west of Hull and in the Diocese of York…

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