Hasketon

St. Andrews stands more or less at the centre of its scattered parish, and is set in a tree-shaded churchyard which, in 1845, had been planted with beech, fir and elm.

c.1300: The round tower was heightened by the addition of its octagonal belfry-stage (later restored with brick) and also received its west window.

The year 1844 saw the arrival of new rector Thomas Maude, and it was he who was responsible for the restoration of the church by gradual stages.

The font – originally given c.1450 by members of the Brewse family, who owned the manor of Hasketon from the late 13th century until c.1489 – was cleaned and restored shortly after the arrival of Maude, and a small gallery at the west end of the nave was replaced by a carved wooden tower screen.

Additions of recent years include among others the interior decoration, the kneelers, the festal frontal and the list of Rectors.