The Churches of Britain and Ireland
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
The foundations of an Anglo-Saxon Church were uncovered in an excavation in 1985-6 on The Booths. A plaque at the site says that it is mentioned in Domesday as Kirkebi Church. © Janet Gimber (2017). Cemetery Chapel. SE 455 223. © Steve Bulman. Central Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. © Bill Henderson. The Crematorium Chapel on Wakefield Road. © Janet Gimber (2018). Evangelical Church on Finkle Street. © Bill Henderson. Micklegate Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson. The remains of the Norman Chapel, and Elizabethan Chapel, in Pontefract Castle. What is believed to be a third chapel lies under the grass, so far unexcavated. All © Janet Gimber (2017). Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) on Liquorice Way. © Janet Gimber (2010). A previous home to the Friends' stood on Southgate. A plaque at the site explains that it was originally a burial ground (from 1664). A Meeting House was built here in 1697, and demolished in 1948, although oddly, another sign immediately beside the plaque gives dates for the Meeting House of 1697-1975. Both © Janet Gimber (2018). St. Giles, has recently undergone extensive restoration. Just visible at the left is the Butter Cross. A view from the other side of the church. SE 456 220. Both © Steve Bulman. St. Joseph (R.C.); a plaque describes a little of its history. © Bill Henderson.
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