St Oswald's Church, Collingham

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St Oswald's Church
St Oswald's Church, Collingham, West Yorkshire viewed from the South West (Taken by Flickr user 17th June 2012).jpg
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St Oswald
St Oswald's Church, Collingham
Location Collingham, Leeds,
West Yorkshire
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Website The Parish of Collingham with Harewood
History
Dedication St Oswald
Administration
Province York
Diocese Leeds
Archdeaconry Leeds
Parish Collingham and Harewood
Clergy
Vicar(s) The Reverend Carolyn James

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.

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History

The Old Vicarage; the new one is situated opposite. The old vicarage, St Oswald's Church, Collingham, West Yorkshire (31st May 2013).jpg
The Old Vicarage; the new one is situated opposite.
Aerial view of the church Aerial photographs of Collingham, West Yorkshire (7th May 2021) 004.jpg
Aerial view of the church

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, and Benjamin Eamonson (died 1867), who was its vicar for 29 years. [3]

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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.

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