St Marks Church, Marske By The Sea was constructed in 1867
at a cost of £7000.
In 1902, on Easter day, when the Towns Folk were
at Prayer the Church Tower turned into a giant candle.
Are retired Bobby,
Sergeant William Stones, who was looking out of his rear window at his retirement home no 133 High Street Marske,noticed the fire and got all the Parishioners out. Many
of the Church artefacts were saved including the Screen, Font and the Cross.
Sergent Stones joined the North Yorks Police in December 1864 and served in Northallerton, Laburn, Great Ayton and other places, before coming to Marske in 1876 on promotion to Sergent.
He retired in 1890 and the took up the post of Verger at St Marks. He moved from the Police house no 163 to 133 High Street, his retirement home. He died at 66 Northgate Guisborough at the age of 90 in 1935. He was a very strict Policeman but very fair, He was sadly missed.
( Above information has been given to me by Sereant Stones Great Great Grandson Mick )
On the instructions of the Lord Zetland, who donated the finances to rebuild the
damage tower, insisted instead of the old roof, it had to be constructed with
a parapet wall around the parameter as seen today. The tower was designed to hold
six bells which now include the old bell from St Germains Church. This Bell stood
for many years on a pedestal at the back of the Church.
Now giving a total
of eight bells.
