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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 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> |
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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> |
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Revision as of 10:44, 1 July 2024
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 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]
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)
The Church of St Andrew closed in 1973,[7] as the housing in Stourton was demolished to turn the village into an industrial area.[8] 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.[9] The land, removal and re-siting of the cenotaph was paid for by a local business, John Waddington Printers.[10]
The church was demolished some time after an unsuccessful application for its demolition by the Church Commisioners in May 1975.[11] 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.[12]
Clergy
Name | Year(s) | Notes |
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Reginald Pattinson | 1902-1906[13] | P.C of St Andrew's |
William Crawford Allan | 1906-21[14] | P.C of Stourton |
John Albert Victor Rushworth | 1921-1945[15] | P.C of Stourton |
William Johnston | 1945-1949[16] | Vicar of Stourton |
Cyril Ormonde Kennedy | 1949-1955[17] | Vicar of Stourton |
John Comyn Vaughan Wilkes | 1956-1958[18] | Vicar of Hunslet (from 54) with Stourton |
Charles Henry Williams | 1960-1969[19] | Vicar of Hunslet with Stourton |
Anthony James Comber | 1969-1973[20][7] | Vicar of Hunslet with Stourton |
Name | Year(s) | Notes |
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Rupert Ellwood | 1904-1906[21] | C of St Andrew's |
Cavendish Moxon | 1906-1908[22] | C of St Andrew's |
Hubert Everard Elrington Reed (formerly Hubert Everard Wiencke) | 1909-1912[23] | C of St Andrew's |
Percy Edgar Burn | 1919-1922[24] | C of St Andrew's |
Neil Strong | 1961-1965[25] | C of Hunslet with Stourton |
William Richard Darce Chapstick | 1964-1967[26] | C of Hunslet with Stourton |
Edward David Murfet | 1964-1965[27] | C of Hunslet with Stourton |
Horace Anthony Matty | 1966-1969[28] | C of Hunselt with Stourton |
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
Interior
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (The Rothwell Times, 1898)
- ↑ (The Rothwell Times, 1882)
- ↑ (The Rothwell Times, 1883)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 (The Rothwell Times, 1891)
- ↑ (The Rothwell Times, 1897b)
- ↑ (The Rothwell Times, 1897a)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 (Church Times, 2022)
- ↑ (Marshall, 2023)
- ↑ (H21/472/74/, 1975)
- ↑ (Edwards, 2007)
- ↑ (H22/216/75/, 1975)
- ↑ (WYK132936, 2024)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.993)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.14)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1947, p.707)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.507)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.524)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.1031)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, pp.1035-1036)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.195)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.401)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.921)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.1073)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.180)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1929, p.918)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.146)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.681)
- ↑ (Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1973, p.637)
- 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.
- 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/
- WYK132936 (2024) ‘Title register for: the former site of the Church of St Andrew, Stourton (Freehold)’. GOV.UK.
See also
External links
- The Church of St Andrew on the Church of England website
- Stourton's wall memorial on Roll of Honour