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{{ShortDescription|Former Anglican church in Stourton}}
{{Infobox church
|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
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| image = Church of St Andrew Stourton.jpg
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| marker=53.774423, -1.513709
| geojson=Church of St Andrew
| street = Pontefract Road
| village = Stourton
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==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>
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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 />
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{{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)}}
The [[Church of St Andrew#War memorial|Stourton War Memorial]] was unveiled in the grounds of the church on the 6th August 1921 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lascelles%2C_6th_Earl_of_Harewood Viscount Lascelles]. There was a large crowd, including ex-Servicemen, the relatives of the fallen men and the 11th S.E. Troop of Boy Scouts. Viscount Lascelles said, before he unveiled the memorial, that Stourton was right to unveil its memorial later than other parishes as it "avoided the risk of the ceremony being in any sense regarded from the point of view of a triumph over a fallen enemy" and said that when "people looked at the memorial they would be inspired by something of the spirit which those men undoubtedly possessed, and which enabled them to make the greatest sacrifice that they could pay." The Vicar of Leeds, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Heywood Rev. Bernard O. F. Heywood], dedicated the memorial, then the band of the 7th Leeds Rifles played Chopin's ''Funeral March'', the buglers played the the ''Last Post'', and finally an ex-serviceman placed a wreath on behalf of the Stourton Branch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_of_Ex-Service_Men National Union of Ex-Service Men].<ref name="WM">(Skyrack Courier, 1921)</ref>
[[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.]]
The Church of St Andrew closed in 1973,<ref name="CT"/> as the housing in Stourton was demolished to turn the village into an industrial area.<ref>(Marshall, 2023)</ref> The war memorial, which had been in the grounds of the church, was moved to its current position at the junction of Wakefield Road and Pontefract Road around 1975.<ref>(H21/472/74/, 1975)</ref> The land, removal and re-siting of the cenotaph was paid for by a local business, John Waddington Printers.<ref>(Edwards, 2007)</ref>
The church was demolished some time after an unsuccessful application for its demolition by the Church Commisioners in May 1975.<ref>(H22/216/75/, 1975)</ref> It was listed as "the former site of the Church of St Andrew's, Stourton" by April 1978 and is the property of Leeds City Council.<ref>(WYK132936, 2024)</ref>
==Clergy==
{| 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 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] || 1969-1973<ref>(Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.195)</ref><ref name="CT">(Church Times, 2022)</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<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==
===War memorial===
The Stourton War Memorial is a 16ft high cross made of Portland stone that was once at the entrance of the Church of St Andrew. It was designed by Kitson, Parish and Ledgard and erected by Armitage and Hodgson. It contains the names of 75 servicemen who died in the First World War<ref name="WM" /> and 25 who died in the Second World War.
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Former St Andrews war memorial, Stourton (geograph 6221887).jpg|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.
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 - 3882188.jpg|Left panel|alt=A rectangular granite panel with the title "1914" above a list of names.
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The Stourton and Thwaitegate war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3882184.jpg|Back panel|alt=A rectangular granite panel a list of names and a small back panel attached to it with the title "1939-1945" above more names.
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 1914 - 1918
|-
! Name
|-
|Arthur Greenhough
|-
|David Griffits
|-
|John Grove
|-
|Clifford Hall
|-
|Thomas Harrold
|-
|John Thomas Hayes
|-
|Harold Hayes
|-
|Thomas Heard
|-
|Arthur Hill
|-
|William Hirst
|-
|John Houghton
|-
|Walter Kale
|-
|John Kelly
|-
|Henry Heaton Lawson
|-
|Arthur Lax
|-
|Albert Edward Ley
|-
|Ernest Leporati
|-
|Herbert Marshall
|-
|Harry Albert Edward Mewis
|-
|John William Milner
|-
|Wilfred Naylor
|-
|George Rands
|}
==Interior==
==Notes==
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==References==
<references />
*''Church Times'' (2022) 'Obituary: The Ven. Anthony Comber', 5 August. Available at: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/5-august/gazette/obituaries/obituary-the-ven-anthony-comber (Accessed: 1 July 2024).
*''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/
*Edwards, M. (2007) 'Leeds, Stourton and Thwaitgate War Memorial', ''Roll of Honour''. Available at: https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Yorkshire/LeedsStourton.html (Accessed: 1 July 2024).
*H21/472/74/ (1975) ''Public Access Leeds''. Leeds City Council Electronic Information Team. Available at: https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/caseDetails.do?caseType=Application&keyVal=ZZZTOJJBXE793 (Accessed: 1 July 2024).
*H22/216/75/ (1975) Public Access Leeds. Leeds City Council Electronic Information Team. Available at: https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=ZZZTOEJBXE086 (Accessed: 1 July 2024).
*Marshall, L. (2023) ‘The Leeds suburb that visitors always pronounce wrong’, ''Leeds Live'', 5 March. Available at: https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/leeds-suburb-visitors-always-pronounce-26385185 (Accessed: 1 July 2024).
*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.
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*''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/
*''Skyrack Courier'' (1921) ‘War Memorial at Stourton’, 12 August, p. 3.
*WYK132936 (2024) ‘''Title register for: the former site of the Church of St Andrew, Stourton (Freehold)''’. GOV.UK.
==See also==
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==External links==
*The Church of St Andrew on the [https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org/CHR/ChurchDetails.aspx?id=19838 Church of England website],
*Stourton's wall memorial on [https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Yorkshire/LeedsStourton.html Roll of Honour] and [https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/22204 Imperial War Museum].
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