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St Mary's Church, Whitkirk

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The church has a west tower with diagonal buttresses and carved obelisk pinnacles, a two light belfry and a lead-clad spire. There is a heavy nave with aisle parapets. The lychgate, officially opened on 26 June 1949 as a
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A church on this site can be dated back to 1185; although the current church is of 15th century origin, it was extensively restored between 1855 and 1856. The chancel was rebuilt in 1901 by
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The church has a short nave with octagonal piers. There is the recumbent tomb of Sir Robert Scargill and his wife with
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after which it remained largely unchanged until it was reordered in 1990. It was
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effigies above. On the North side of the chancel there is the tomb to engineer
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to the dead of the two World Wars, was listed at Grade II in 1976. Stones from
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53°47′50″N 1°26′59″W / 53.7973°N 1.4497°W / 53.7973; -1.4497
OS grid reference
SE364335
Whitkirk
Leeds
West Yorkshire
England
Denomination
Church of England
Parish Church
Grade I listed building
Province
York
Diocese
Leeds
Archdeaconry
Parish
Whitkirk
Leeds
West Yorkshire
Anglican
parish church
Diocese of Leeds
G. F. Bodley
Grade I listed
memorial
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Coventry Cathedral
St Martin-le-Grand Church

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