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{{ShortDescription|Former Anglican church in Stourton}}
{{ShortDescription|Former Anglican church in Stourton}}
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|short description =The '''Church of St Andrew''' was an Anglican church on Pontefract Road in Stourton. The church was consecrated on 23rd July 1898 and was 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.
|short description =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.
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| image = Church of St Andrew Stourton.jpg
| image = Church of St Andrew Stourton.jpg
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| parish = Hunslet
| parish = Hunslet
| diocese = Leeds
| diocese = Leeds
| curate = G. H. Clark (1898)
| vicar = A. J. Miller (1883-?)
| curate = Hutchinson (1883-?), G. H. Clark (1898-?)
| location =53.774423, -1.513709
| location =53.774423, -1.513709
| zoom = 18
| zoom = 18
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| map icon = 19th Icon.svg}}
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==History==
==History==
The original St Andrew's Mission Church was founded by Rev. A. J. Miller<ref name="1898 RT">(The Rothwell Times, 1898)</ref> and his curate, Mr Hutchinson.<ref>(The Rothwell Times, 1882)</ref> It opened on 3rd May 1883.<ref>(The Rothwell Times, 1883)</ref>
{{Mini map|location=53.773595, -1.514395~Iron Mission~(Ordnance Survey, 1894); 53.774423, -1.513709~Church of St Andrew~(Ordnance Survey, 1904)|caption=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<ref name="RT 1891">(The Rothwell Times, 1891)</ref> to replace the existing building that was commonly known as the "iron mission".<ref>(The Rothwell Times, 1897b)</ref> The land on which the old building stood had been purchased by the Great Northern Railway to use for a new line through Stourton.<ref name="1898 RT" /> 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).<ref name="RT 1891 />

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.<ref>(The Rothwell Times, 1897a)</ref>

The Church of St Andrew was consecrated by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Boyd_Carpenter Bishop of Ripon] on 23rd July 1898. The opening ceremony, which started with a procession, was well attended. At the head of the procession from the Board schools to the church was the Middleton Brass Band, followed by local clergy and officials, and at the rear were the Bishop and the curate of the parish, Rev. G. H. Clark. Other clergy included the Venerable Archdeacon Maude, Shrewsbury; the vicars of Hunslet, Rothwell, Woodlesford, Middleton, Garforth, Kirkstall, Holbeck, St. Silas (Hunslet), St. Barnabas (Holbeck), Gawthorpe, St. Paul (Stanningley), Shadwell, St. Frideswide (Oxford), and the Revs. Hewitt, Sutton, and Street. When the procession reached the church, a petition, signed by the vicar of Middleton (the Hon. and Rev. Henry Lysaght) asking the Bishop to consecrate the church, was presented. After the Deed of Conveyance was presented, the Bishop spoke to the congregation:<ref name="1898 RT" />
{{Blockquote|text=Dearly beloved in the Lord, forasmuch as devout and holy men, as well under the law as under the Gospel, moved, either by the secret inspiration of the Blessed Spirit, or by express command of God, or by their own reason and sense of the natural decency of things, have erected houses for the public worship of God, and separated them from all profane and common uses in order to fill men's minds with greater reverence for His glorious Majesty, and affect their hearts with more devotion and humility in His service; which pious works have been approved and graciously accepted by our Heavenly Father. Let us not doubt [that] He will also graciously approve this our godly purpose of setting apart this place, in a solemn manner, to the celebration of the several offices of religious worship; and let us faithfully and devoutly beg his blessing on this our undertaking."|source=The Rothwell Times (July 29, 1898)|character=Bishop of Ripon (William Boyd Carpenter)}}
[[File:Site of the former St Andrew's war memorial, Stourton - geograph.org.uk - 6221896.jpg|thumb|left|alt=An overgrown patch of land with many fairly young trees growing. A road with a red gate and large concrete blocks is visible in front of the land.|The site of the church in 2019.]]
[[File:Site of the former St Andrew's war memorial, Stourton - geograph.org.uk - 6221896.jpg|thumb|left|alt=An overgrown patch of land with many fairly young trees growing. A road with a red gate and large concrete blocks is visible in front of the land.|The site of the church in 2019.]]
==Clergy==
⚫
[[File:Former St Andrews war memorial, Stourton (geograph 6221887).jpg|thumb|left|alt=A war memorial with a short rectangular base, where names are engraved, and a long cross above it. A reef is laid on top of the base against the cross. The background is overgrown with trees and other plants.|The St Andrew's war memorial, now at the junction of Wakefield Road and Pontefract Road.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Perpetual Curates & Vicars
|-
! Name !! Year(s) !! Notes
|-
| Reginald Pattinson || 1902-1906<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.993)</ref> || P.C of St Andrew's
|-
| William Crawford Allan || 1906-21<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.14)</ref> || P.C of Stourton
|-
| John Albert Victor Rushworth || 1921-1945<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.1126)</ref><ref name="CCD 1947">(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1947, p.707)</ref> || P.C of Stourton
|-
|William Johnston || 1945-1949<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.507)</ref> || Vicar of Stourton
|-
|Cyril Ormonde Kennedy || 1949-1955<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.524)</ref> || Vicar of Stourton
|-
|John Comyn Vaughan Wilkes || 1956-1958<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.1031)</ref> || Vicar of Hunslet (from 54) with Stourton
|-
|Charles Henry Williams || 1960-1969<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, pp.1035-1036)</ref> || Vicar of Hunslet with Stourton
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Comber Anthony James Comber] || 1969-?<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.195)</ref> || Vicar of Hunslet with Stourton
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Curates
|-
! Name !! Year(s) || Notes
|-
| Rupert Ellwood || 1904-1906<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.401)</ref> || C of St Andrew's
|-
| Cavendish Moxon || 1906-1908<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.921)</ref> || C of St Andrew's
|-
| Hubert Everard Elrington Reed (formerly Hubert Everard Wiencke) || 1909-1912<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.1073)</ref> || C of St Andrew's
|-
| Percy Edgar Burn || 1919-1922<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.180)</ref> || C of St Andrew's
|-
| Neil Strong || 1961-1965<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.918)</ref> || C of Hunslet with Stourton
|-
| William Richard Darce Chapstick || 1964-1967<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.146)</ref> || C of Hunslet with Stourton
|-
|Edward David Murfet || 1964-1965 1964-1967<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.681)</ref> || C of Hunslet with Stourton
|-
|Horace Anthony Matty || 1966-1969<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.637)</ref> || C of Hunselt with Stourton
|}
==Exterior==
==Exterior==
===War memorial===
===War memorial===
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[[File:Former St Andrews war memorial, Stourton (geograph 6221887).jpg|thumb|left|alt=A war memorial with a short rectangular base, where names are engraved, and a long cross above it. A reef is laid on top of the base against the cross. The background is overgrown with trees and other plants.|The St Andrew's war memorial, now at the junction of Wakefield Road and Pontefract Road.]]
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The Stourton and Thwaitegate war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3882186.jpg|Front panel|alt=A rectangular granite panel with the title "Remember the men of Stourton and Thewaitegate who fell in the great war" above a list of names.
The Stourton and Thwaitegate war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3882186.jpg|Front panel|alt=A rectangular granite panel with the title "Remember the men of Stourton and Thewaitegate who fell in the great war" above a list of names.
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==References==
==References==
<references />
<references />
*''Crockford’s Clerical Directory'' (1929). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://archive.org/details/ccd-1929
*''Crockford’s Clerical Directory'' (1947). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://archive.org/details/crockfordscleric0000unse_p4b0/
*''Crockford’s Clerical Directory'' (1973). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://archive.org/details/crockfordscleric0000unse_r3d7/
*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/
==See also==
==See also==
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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.

 

History

The original St Andrew's Mission Church was founded by Rev. A. J. Miller[1] and his curate, Mr Hutchinson.[2] It opened on 3rd May 1883.[3]

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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[4] to replace the existing building that was commonly known as the "iron mission".[5] The land on which the old building stood had been purchased by the Great Northern Railway to use for a new line through Stourton.[1] 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).[4]

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.[6]

The Church of St Andrew was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon on 23rd July 1898. The opening ceremony, which started with a procession, was well attended. At the head of the procession from the Board schools to the church was the Middleton Brass Band, followed by local clergy and officials, and at the rear were the Bishop and the curate of the parish, Rev. G. H. Clark. Other clergy included the Venerable Archdeacon Maude, Shrewsbury; the vicars of Hunslet, Rothwell, Woodlesford, Middleton, Garforth, Kirkstall, Holbeck, St. Silas (Hunslet), St. Barnabas (Holbeck), Gawthorpe, St. Paul (Stanningley), Shadwell, St. Frideswide (Oxford), and the Revs. Hewitt, Sutton, and Street. When the procession reached the church, a petition, signed by the vicar of Middleton (the Hon. and Rev. Henry Lysaght) asking the Bishop to consecrate the church, was presented. After the Deed of Conveyance was presented, the Bishop spoke to the congregation:[1]

Dearly beloved in the Lord, forasmuch as devout and holy men, as well under the law as under the Gospel, moved, either by the secret inspiration of the Blessed Spirit, or by express command of God, or by their own reason and sense of the natural decency of things, have erected houses for the public worship of God, and separated them from all profane and common uses in order to fill men's minds with greater reverence for His glorious Majesty, and affect their hearts with more devotion and humility in His service; which pious works have been approved and graciously accepted by our Heavenly Father. Let us not doubt [that] He will also graciously approve this our godly purpose of setting apart this place, in a solemn manner, to the celebration of the several offices of religious worship; and let us faithfully and devoutly beg his blessing on this our undertaking."

Bishop of Ripon (William Boyd Carpenter), in The Rothwell Times (July 29, 1898)
An overgrown patch of land with many fairly young trees growing. A road with a red gate and large concrete blocks is visible in front of the land.
The site of the church in 2019.

Clergy

Perpetual Curates & Vicars
Name Year(s) Notes
Reginald Pattinson 1902-1906[7] P.C of St Andrew's
William Crawford Allan 1906-21[8] P.C of Stourton
John Albert Victor Rushworth 1921-1945[9][10] P.C of Stourton
William Johnston 1945-1949[11] Vicar of Stourton
Cyril Ormonde Kennedy 1949-1955[12] Vicar of Stourton
John Comyn Vaughan Wilkes 1956-1958[13] Vicar of Hunslet (from 54) with Stourton
Charles Henry Williams 1960-1969[14] Vicar of Hunslet with Stourton
Anthony James Comber 1969-?[15] Vicar of Hunslet with Stourton
Curates
Name Year(s) Notes
Rupert Ellwood 1904-1906[16] C of St Andrew's
Cavendish Moxon 1906-1908[17] C of St Andrew's
Hubert Everard Elrington Reed (formerly Hubert Everard Wiencke) 1909-1912[18] C of St Andrew's
Percy Edgar Burn 1919-1922[19] C of St Andrew's
Neil Strong 1961-1965[20] C of Hunslet with Stourton
William Richard Darce Chapstick 1964-1967[21] C of Hunslet with Stourton
Edward David Murfet 1964-1965 1964-1967[22] C of Hunslet with Stourton
Horace Anthony Matty 1966-1969[23] C of Hunselt with Stourton

Exterior

War memorial

A war memorial with a short rectangular base, where names are engraved, and a long cross above it. A reef is laid on top of the base against the cross. The background is overgrown with trees and other plants.
The St Andrew's war memorial, now at the junction of Wakefield Road and Pontefract Road.
  • A rectangular granite panel with the title "Remember the men of Stourton and Thewaitegate who fell in the great war" above a list of names.

    Front panel

  • A rectangular granite panel with the title "1914" above a list of names.

    Left panel

  • A rectangular granite panel with the title "1918" above a list of names.

    Right panel

  • A rectangular granite panel a list of names and a small back panel attached to it with the title "1939-1945" above more names.

    Back panel

Interior

Notes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (The Rothwell Times, 1898)
  2. ↑ (The Rothwell Times, 1882)
  3. ↑ (The Rothwell Times, 1883)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 (The Rothwell Times, 1891)
  5. ↑ (The Rothwell Times, 1897b)
  6. ↑ (The Rothwell Times, 1897a)
  7. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.993)
  8. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.14)
  9. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.1126)
  10. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1947, p.707)
  11. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.507)
  12. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.524)
  13. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.1031)
  14. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, pp.1035-1036)
  15. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.195)
  16. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.401)
  17. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.921)
  18. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.1073)
  19. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.180)
  20. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.918)
  21. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.146)
  22. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.681)
  23. ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.637)

See also

Places
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Lofthouse Pyemont House
Oulton The Nookin
Robin Hood NE Region Emergency Grid Control Centre
Rothwell Rothwell Castle, Rothwell Empire Cinema, Rothwell One Stop Area Office
Stourton
Thorpe-on-the-Hill Thorpe Hall
Woodlesford No results
Other Parks Rothwell Country Park
Miscellaneous Possible Roman settlement (Rothwell Haigh)

External links

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