b'THE WOLDS HERITAGE CENTREST JAMES CHURCH WARTERThis grade II listed building stands on thefromthelifeofChristbyCharlesGibbs site of a priory of Augustinian canons that(circa 1863) and created in remembrance wasestablishedin1132anddissolvedinof the family.Many members of the family 1536.The site is a Scheduled Monumentare buried here and these you can find on and earthworks marking the foundationsour plan of the graveyard in the porch.of the monastic buildings can be seen to the north east of the church. In 1878 the estate was sold to Charles Henry Wilson, he was the eldest son of Thomas The present church, perhaps the third onWilson, head of a Hull shipping company. the site, was built in 1862-3 to the designsHe was married to Florence Wellesley, a ofWGHabershonandARPiteforniece of the Duke of Wellington.They had Josslyn Francis Pennington, the 5th Lordthree sons and four daughters so as the Muncaster,whosefamilyownedWarterfamily grew they enlarged Warter Hall and Hall and the Warter estate for almost twochanged the name to Warter Priory.The hundred years. Priory was demolished in 1972.There are many features of interest insideInside the church you find exquisite marble this beautiful building. monumentsbySirGeorgeFramptonand stained-glass windows by Anning Bell.MonumentstothePenningtonsofLady Isabel Wilson, wife of Guy, the second Muncaster Castle can be seen on the wallsson of Charles and Florence, died in childbirth inside the church along with a number ofin 1905, a beautiful monument and stained stained glass windows portraying storiesglass portrays this very sad event.'