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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)}}
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.]]
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==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.
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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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