Nestled at the southern edge of the North York Moors, Lastingham began in the 7th century when St Cedd founded a monastery on land donated by the King of Deira.
The monastery later yielded to Norman-era monastic ambitions in 1078, but the monks departed within a decade, leaving behind what became St Mary’s Church, Lastingham with its remarkable crypt.
Over the centuries the village grew modestly, its population focused around agriculture and local mining by the 18th–19th centuries, while the church remained a point of pilgrimage and architectural interest.
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