Some Almost Heraldry in the Apse of All Saints Church, Kirk Deighton

All Saints Church in Kirk Deighton has, as so many English parish churches do, a beautifully appointed interior that speaks to a long history there.

Around the three sides of the apse is some lovely tilework containing what is almost some heraldry.

Here, on the left-hand side as you are looking up the aisle, are the symbols of two of the four Evangelists, Matthew and Mark, with a Star of David within and conjoined to a voided sex-foil, in the center of which is a trefoil whose slip and leaves form a nearly complete circle.

And on the right-hand side:

We find the emblems of the other two Evangelists, Luke and John, along with the Star of David motif we saw on the other side, as well as what may be best described heraldically as Azure a saltire between four crowns rims to center argent.

On both sides these emblems are surrounded by borders of six-petalled white roses, and to the right in the bottom photo (and to the left, out of frame, in the top one), a panel with sets of four five-petalled white roses.

The white rose, of however many petals, is, of course, a well-known symbol of York and Yorkshire.