St Oswald's Church, Collingham, West Yorkshire

St Oswald's Church

Parish Church of
St Oswald
Location Collingham, Leeds,
West Yorkshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website The Parish of Collingham with Harewood
History
Dedication St Oswald
Administration
Parish Collingham and Harewood
Archdeaconry Leeds
Diocese Leeds
Province York

St Oswald's Church is an active Anglican church in Collingham, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Harrogate deanery and Diocese of Leeds.[1] The church is on the edge of the village on Wetherby Road.

History

The Old Vicarage, the new one is situated opposite.

Dedicated to Oswald of Northumbria, an Anglo-Saxon saint the church has Saxon origins, was rebuilt in the 15th century and restored and enlarged from 1840 to 1841.[2] The tower was built in the 16th century and its clock was installed in 1891.[2]

Church yard

The church graveyard contains the graves of Major General James Gunter (1833–1908), who served in the Crimean War Benjamin Eamonson (died 1867), who was its vicar for 29 years.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Parish of Collingham with Harewood, The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, retrieved 16 March 2014
  2. 1 2 Collingham: St Oswald, Collingham, achurchnearyou.com, retrieved 16 March 2014
  3. ↑ "Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display". leodis.net. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 53°54′32″N 1°24′25″W / 53.909°N 1.407°W / 53.909; -1.407

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