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Title: Gravestones of Knights Hospitallers, Birstall - RAC1957.081
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Title
Gravestones of Knights Hospitallers, Birstall - RAC1957.081
Description
St Peter's Church, Kirkgate, Birstall.
The present building is the fourth stone church to occupy the site. The first stone church was built around 1100 AD and the lower part of the tower is all that remains of that building today. It was extended between 1320 and 1390. From that period the church has a Norman font, holy water stoops, part of a grave slab and the tombstones of three Knights Hospitallers.
In 1490 the church was rebuilt again. There were various changes and additions until the present church was built between 1865 and 1870.
The Rev W. M. Heald, vicar of Birstall, inspired Charlotte Bronte's character the Rector Mr Hall in her novel Shirley published in 1849.
There are numerous carvings and artefacts of great historical interest in the church.
The present building is the fourth stone church to occupy the site. The first stone church was built around 1100 AD and the lower part of the tower is all that remains of that building today. It was extended between 1320 and 1390. From that period the church has a Norman font, holy water stoops, part of a grave slab and the tombstones of three Knights Hospitallers.
In 1490 the church was rebuilt again. There were various changes and additions until the present church was built between 1865 and 1870.
The Rev W. M. Heald, vicar of Birstall, inspired Charlotte Bronte's character the Rector Mr Hall in her novel Shirley published in 1849.
There are numerous carvings and artefacts of great historical interest in the church.
Date
1957
Rights
PHDA - Ralph Cross Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
RAC1957.081.jpg
Collection
Citation
“Gravestones of Knights Hospitallers, Birstall - RAC1957.081,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 24, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/37248.
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