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The musicians played during the final service held at Hope Baptist Church to celebrate the retirement of Rev Stanley Kirby.

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Taken at his retirement from Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge, 29th October 2005.

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The Mayor of Hebden Royd, Cllr Betty Ward, officially unveiled the plaque to Rev Fawcett on the day of the retirement party for Rev Stanley Kirby, 29th October, 2005.

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Ruth Ryder with Rev Stanley Kirby cutting the cake at the retirement party for Rev Stanley Kirby, 29th October, 2005.

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The retirement party for Rev Stanley Kirby, 29th October, 2005.

Front row, R to L: James Alison, Howard Pask, Tony Buglass, John Gott, Stanley Kirby. Rev Kath Lawson, (Vale Baptist Church Todmorden). Rev Ernie Walley (Yorkshire Baptist Association…

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The retirement party for Rev Stanley Kirby, 29th October, 2005.

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The retirement party for Rev Stanley Kirby, 29th October, 2005.

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Slide 25 - Before we leave Burton Agnes some reference may be made to the very interesting church in the village, which is intimately associated with the Hall. It is an ancient edifice, going back to the Norman period. It has been the burial place…

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Slide 26 - From the churchyard gate to the South Porch, the pathway passes under a yew tree avenue, the whole distance.

It will be seen that there is much at Burton Agnes to attract those who delight in our ancient architecture.

And there we…

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Slide 21 - The private Chapel which we now enter is a marvel of decoration. The lower part of the walls is panelled, filled in with beautifully executed figure subjects; the upper portion is painted, as are the windows, by Kemp. The choir stalls are…

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Slide 22 - This shows a view of the interior of the Chapel, looking east, with the steps leading up to the Communion Table, and reredos behind.

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Slide 23 - Looking west the screen is of solid brass, brightly burnished and finished off in a superb manner in every detail.

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Slide 3 - A fine marble monument to Archbishop Tillotson

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Slide 17: The earliest remaining portion of the Mansion is to be found in a crypt in the basement of the building, situate under a portion of what is known as "Lady Betty Hastings Room" previously alluded to. The crypt has been converted by the…

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Slide 9 - Ascending the modern internal wooden staircase, we enter the old Banqueting Hall. The walls of this room are covered with paintings, mostly portraits of the ancestors of members of the Grantly family, the present owners of the…

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Slide 8: Here is another view of the Hall facing west. In appearance, the edifice is of a plain and substantial character and does not call for any special remarks thereon. We will now enter this ancestral dwelling and are first conducted into the…

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Slide 12: He died at York, January 16th 1605, and was buried in the south choir aisle of the Minster, where a handsome monument commemorates his extraordinary and fruitful life.

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Slide 3 - If not much is known of their history, their generosity and handsome bequests to York Minster must not be forgotten.

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Slide 4 – In 1291 Robert de Vavasour supplied the stone from his quarries near Tadcaster for building the nave of the Minster, the memory of this is preserved in a statue of a Vavasour as a mailed Knight bearing a block of wrought stone, which was…
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