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The Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds is in the Diocese of Leeds (which has its cathedrals at Ripon, Wakefield and Bradford), in the Parish of Leeds City along with the Georgian Church of Holy Trinity, Boar Lane and the congregation of St Mary's Lincoln Green worshipping weekly in the Hall of St Peter's Church of England Primary ...
Sir George Gilbert Scott RA (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses.
The 'Red House' at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk was founded as a workhouse in 1664. [6] " The workroom at St James's workhouse", from The Microcosm of London (1808). The workhouse system evolved in the 17th century, allowing parishes to reduce the cost to ratepayers of providing poor relief.
Richard Oastler (20 December 1789 – 22 August 1861) was a "Tory radical", [2] an active opponent of Catholic Emancipation and Parliamentary Reform and a lifelong admirer of the Duke of Wellington; but also an abolitionist and prominent in the "anti-Poor Law" resistance to the implementation of the "New Poor Law" of 1834.
Recent performances by St Peter's Singers have involved Messiah (Handel) at Leeds College of Music in December 2008 with soloists led by treble William Dutton, now a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School and The Dream of Gerontius at Leeds Parish Church on Good Friday, 2009 when the choir welcomed former members as friends as guests and were ...
The church's west tower The church is constructed of squared magnesian limestone with a graduated green slate roof. The church has a west tower with a clock on its southern face, a three bay nave with a southern porch and a narrower two-bay chancel with a vestry to its northern side.
St George's PLU Close of Collegiate Church of St Peter, St George Hanover Square + detached portion, St Margaret & St John the Evangelist Westminster + detached portion. Created in 1870. Abolished in 1913, and became part of the new City of Westminster PLU. St George in the East PLP St George in the East. Abolished in 1925 and merged with ...
The Midland Railway's Leeds and Bradford line opened on 2 July 1846 and was extended to Keighley by March 1847. The Guiseley branch opened on 4 December 1876 and in the same year completion of the Settle-Carlisle Line put Shipley on the London to Scotland route. In 1885, the old Midland Railway station was replaced, and by 1900, 400 trains were ...