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File:Doc035.jpg|View from the Moravian church with St John's obscured by Manor Croft etc.
File:Doc035.jpg|View from the Moravian church with St John's obscured by Manor Croft etc.
File:St Johns Parish Church with new tower.jpeg|Church with new tower built 1928
File:St Johns Parish Church with new tower.jpeg|Church with new tower built 1928
File:Long Close and gate posts 2002.jpg|Long Close & gate posts.
File:View of doc035.jpg|View from the Moravian church with St John's obscured by Ian Clough Hall. 2018
File:View of doc035.jpg|View from the Moravian church with St John's obscured by Ian Clough Hall. 2018
File:NoPhotoAvail.png|View from Moravian church after demolition of Ian Clough Hall. 2023
File:View over Browgate of St Johns Church 2025.jpg|View from Moravian church after demolition of Ian Clough Hall. 2025
File:St Johns Parish Church Lytch Gate.JPG|St Johns Parish Church Lytch Gate. 2011
File:St Johns Parish Church Lytch Gate.JPG|St Johns Parish Church Lytch Gate. 2011
File:StJohnTowerFoundation.jpg|Church tower foundation stone. Taken 2023
File:StJohnTowerFoundation.jpg|Church tower foundation stone. Taken 2023
File:Church tower WWI memorial.jpg|Church tower memorial stone. Taken 2019
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Latest revision as of 18:05, 10 March 2025

St John's Parish Church
Address Hall Cliffe
Post Code BD17 6ND
Architects Mallinson & Healey
Built 1848
Grade II list No. 1133406
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The Parish Church of St John on Hall Cliffe.

Early Church

The original church of St. John the Evangelist was probably built in the 12th century and possibly rebuilt in the 14th century.[1]

Current Church

The current church was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon on 29 March 1848. The side aisle of the church is over the footprint of the original church. A porch for the West door was added in 1897.[1]

The church, by Mallinson and Healey (Bradford), is Grade II listed with list number 1133406 at Historic England.

Allotment of Pews

Rev. Joseph Mitton was appointed Incumbent of the Parish Church in 1848 and one of his early acts was to prepare a list of the allotment of pews in the new church.

Church Organ

The present organ built in 1900 with rebuilds in the 1930s and in 1956 occupies the east end of the south aisle.[1]

Lytch Gate

The Lytch Gate was built in 1919 by William Ellis & Sons, Baildon.[2] The gate posts that were removed were later used as the gate posts for Long Close on Ladderbanks Lane.[3]

Church Tower

The tower was built in 1928 by William Ellis & Sons, Baildon,[2] as a memorial for World War I and contains a chime of eight bells added in 1949[1] by Taylors of Loughborough as a memorial for World War II.[4] A foundation stone was laid in the tower by Lady Whitehead. (See discussion)
Foundation Stone

Photos

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A History of Baildon Parish Church by Canon Bruce Grainger
  2. 2.0 2.1 Handwritten notes by Arthur Edwick
  3. Notes on the back of the photos
  4. BAILDON a church history by Philip Baxter, ISBN 0 9523959 5 9