St Oswald's Church
Parish Church of
St Oswald
LocationCollingham, Leeds,
West Yorkshire
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
WebsiteThe Parish of Collingham with Harewood
History
DedicationSt Oswald
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseLeeds
ArchdeaconryLeeds
ParishCollingham 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.

History

The Old Vicarage; the new one is situated opposite.
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]

See also

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.

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

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