All Saints' Church, Bramham

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All Saints' Church, Bramham
Location Bramham, West Yorkshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website https://bramhambenefice.org/
History
Status Parish Church
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed building
Style Medieval
Specifications
Materials Magnesian limestone with slate roof
Administration
Province York
Diocese Diocese of York
Archdeaconry York
Deanery New Ainsty
Parish Bramham
Clergy
Priest in charge Rev'd Nick Morgan [1]

All Saints' Church in Bramham, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church and Grade II* listed building in the Deanery of New Ainsty, the Archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of York. It is part of The Bramham Benefice, a group of four churches serving villages to the east of Wetherby in the LS23 postcode area. The other churches are St Mary's Church, Boston Spa, All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch, and St Peter's Church, Walton. [2] The current Priest in Charge is the Reverend Nicholas J. Morgan, MA. [1]

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History

The church originally dates from the 12th and 13th centuries; the earliest known parts were built around 1150. It was altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The church contains various monuments to the Fox-Lane family of Bramham Park, most notably George (1697–1773). [3] [4]

Architectural style

The church is built of magnesian limestone and has a pitched slate roof. The church has a tower to its western side with a spire atop. The tower has three offset stages, a round-headed window and clocks on the southern, northern and western face. [3] The church has an ornate lychgate on the southern side of its boundaries.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Contact". Bramham Benefice. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  2. "Home". Bramham Benefice. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Church of All Saints, Bramham cum Oglethorpe". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  4. Historic England. "Bramham: All Saints' (1313180)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 December 2024.

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