All Hallows Church, Bardsey
| All Hallows Church | |
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Bardsey, Yorkshire | |
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| Status: | Parish Church |
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| Church of England | |
| Diocese of Leeds | |
| Parish: | SE365431 |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE365431 |
| Location: | 53°52’59"N, 1°26’43"W |
| History | |
| Built 9th to 15th centuries | |
| Mediæval | |
| Information | |
| Website: | www.bardseyekparish.com |
All Hallows Church is the parish church of Bardsey in the West Riding of Yorkshire and in the Diocese of Leeds. It is an ancient church, claiming its Anglo-Saxon tower to be the oldest church tower in Britain.
The Bardsey Millennium Tapestry, created by many people from the village, is hung at the west end of the north wall of the church.[1] The tapestry took nearly five years to complete and was officially unveiled in October 2001.
History
The church was built in the 9th century; its tower is the oldest surviving part from between 850 and 950 AD. The latest restoration was carried out by Charles R. Chorley and Son of Leeds in 1909.[2] The lower parts of the tower and the central nave walls date from the 9th century while the upper parts of the tower date from the 10th century.
Between 1000 and 1400 a north and south aisle were added, and the Norman doorway was moved to its present position, although a porch has since been added obscuring much of this doorway.
A north chapel which now serves as a vestry was constructed in 1521 by request of Edmund Mauleverer of Wothersome and he and his son Robert are interred beneath it. A pipe organ was installed in this part of the church in 1868. The south chapel was added during the 19th century for Lord Bingley (after whom the adjacent pub, The Bingley Arms is named).[3]
There is a war memorial to the ‘Great War’ and 'The World War'.
Architectural style
The church has an Anglo-Saxon west tower and the aisles are from the Norman era.
The aisles were widened in the 14th century. The north chapel of 1520 is now the vestry and the south chapel of 1724, which was built for the Bayley family, is the choir vestry. The church is built of red sandstone with a coursed rubble tower and harrier-dressed gritstone to the chancel and south transept. The porch is ashlar and the roof of stone slate.[2]
The church has a lychgate to Church Lane.
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View towards the altar -
Northern wall -
War memorial -
Ceiling
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Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Bardsey Millennium Tapestry". http://www.bardseypcc.org.uk/about-us/bardsey-tapestry/. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Church of All Hallows, Bardsey cum Rigton". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-342127-church-of-all-hallows-bardsey-cum-rigton#.V0sY32zmpYc. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ↑ "The Parish of Bardsey - History". Church of England. http://www.bardseypcc.org.uk/church-history/all-hallows/. Retrieved 2017-11-19.