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==History== |
==History== |
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[[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== |
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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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==Interior== |
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Revision as of 13:03, 29 June 2024
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.
History
Exterior
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Interior
Notes
References
See also
External links
- The Church of St Andrew on the Church of England website
- Stourton's wall memorial on Roll of Honour