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The Church of St Andrew was an Anglican church on Pontefract Road in Stourton. The church replaced a small iron mission and was consecrated on 23rd July 1898. St Andrew's closed around 1973 when the village (along with the rest of the Rothwell Urban District) was transferred to the Leeds Metropolitan Council and the residents of Stourton were displaced to turn it into an industrial area.

Church of St Andrew
The Church of St Andrew in 1910.
About
Status:	Demolished
Denomination:	Church of England
Website:	Church Heritage Record
History
Previous building:	A small iron church
Century built:	19th century
Groundbreaking date:	1 May 1897
Cost:	£6040
Consecrated:	23 July 1898
Closed:	1973
Demolished:	1973
Technical Details
Architectural style:	Gothic
Material:	Brick, red Dumfries stone, Harehills stone
Design and Construction
Architect(s):	Charles Hodgson Fowler
Contractor(s):	Issac Gould
Administartion
Parish:	Hunslet
Diocese:	Leeds
Vicar(s):	A. J. Miller (1883-?)
Curate(s):	Hutchinson (1883-?) G. H. Clark (1898-?)
Location
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Street:	Pontefract Road
Village:	Stourton

 

History

The original St Andrew's Mission Church was founded by Rev. A. J. Miller and his curate, Mr Hutchinson. It opened on 3rd May 1883.

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The iron mission and the Church of St Andrew

In 1891, the population of Stourton had increased significantly and the Committee of St Andrew Mission procured land and enlisted an architect, Charles H. Fowler, to build a new church to replace the existing building that was commonly known as the "iron mission". Donations for the new church came from Sister Katherine (£300; ~£31,950.30 in 2024), Joshua Tetley & Son (£100; ~£10,650.10 in 2024), W.H. Maude (£100), Mary Collins in memory of Mrs. Urquhart (£100) and John Rhodes (£100).

The cornerstone of St Andrew's was laid on 1st May 1897 by Charles F. Tetley and was followed by a sermon in the old church by Rev. A. J. Miller.

The site of the church in 2019.

The St Andrew's war memorial, now at the junction of Wakefield Road and Pontefract Road.

Exterior

War memorial

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  Front panel

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  Left panel

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  Right panel

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  Back panel

References

• Ordnance Survey (1894) Wakefield, sheet 78, 1 inch: 1 mile. Southampton: Ordnance Survey.
• Ordnance Survey (1904) Yorkshire, CCXVIII.11, 25.344 inch: 1 mile. Southampton: Ordnance Survey.
• The Rothwell Times (1882) 'Local Retrospect', 29 December. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1882rothwelltimescomplete27jan2020/page/n105/
• The Rothwell Times (1883) 'St. Andrew's Mission Church, Stourton', 27 April. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1883rothwelltimescomplete/page/n37/
• The Rothwell Times (1891) 'Stourton', 6 November. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1891rothwelltimescomplete/page/n53
• The Rothwell Times (1897a) 'Stourton S Andrew', 10 December. Available at: https://archive.org/details/rothwelltimes1897complete/page/n55/
• The Rothwell Times (1897b) 'Stourton St. Andrew Bazaar', 10 December. Available at: https://archive.org/details/rothwelltimes1897complete/page/n21/
• The Rothwell Times (1898) 'Consecration of Stourton Church by the Bishop of Ripon', 29 July. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1898rothwelltimescomplete/page/n29/

External links

• The Church of St Andrew on the Church of England website
• Stourton's wall memorial on Roll of Honour