St James' Church, High Melton is a parish church of the Church of England in High Melton, South Yorkshire, England. The Church of St James dominates the village of High Melton, near Doncaster, in South Yorkshire. The church has Saxon origins but the main part of the existing building was established about 1100 AD and handed over to Avice d…
St James' Church, High Melton is a parish church of the Church of England in High Melton, South Yorkshire, England. The Church of St James dominates the village of High Melton, near Doncaster, in South Yorkshire. The church has Saxon origins but the main part of the existing building was established about 1100 AD and handed over to Avice de Tania in 1153 AD to be put under the care of the Cistercian nuns at Hampole. It was originally intended as a Chapel of Ease to the Priory at Hampole, which had been founded a few years earlier by Avice de Tania with her husband, William Clairfait, whose gift and that of the churches of Adwick and Melton were later confirmed by Archbishop Roger of York.
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