There was probably a Saxon church on the site of the present parish church. There is the fragment of a shaft of a Saxon cross at the back of the church; the bowl of the font is possibly Saxon and stones possibly belonging to an early church can be seen in the fabric of the building.
Virtually all churches in England in the Middle Ages and up to the early 16th century had paintings on their wall. Not all had so many figure subjects as Pickering Church but most had some. They were painted to decorate plastered walls and there were two objectives in carrying out this work.
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