All Souls' Church, Blackman Lane, in

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is a large Victorian Church of England parish church. Worship at All Souls is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England.

History

All Souls' Church was built by public subscription in one of the poorest districts of Leeds, the Leylands, as a memorial to Dr W. F. Hook, Vicar of Leeds for some 22 years and later Dean of Chichester. A new parish was formed from parts of the parishes of St Matthew, St Mark, and St Michael (Buslingthorpe) extending up to Woodhouse Lane, where it was intended the church should be sited. However, this could not be managed and it was placed on Blackman Lane, which was, however, convenient for the parish inhabitants. It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and is the last church he designed before his death in 1878: his son,

John Oldrid Scott John Oldrid Scott (17 July 1841 – 30 May 1913) was a British architect. Biography He was the son of Sir Gilbert Scott (George Gilbert Scott) and his wife Caroline (née Oldrid). His brother George Gilbert Scott Junior and nephew Sir Giles G ...

, took over the supervision of the building. The foundation stone was laid in September 1876; the church was consecrated on 29 January 1880. The design is simple and impressive in scale: 134 ft in length with aisles both to the nave and chancel, a southwest porch and a baptistery under the northwest tower. Southowram stone with Meanwood dressings was used for the exterior, Harehills stone for the interior. The column supports for the nave arcades are of Park Spring stone. The interior walls are of ashlar stonework. Between 1968 and 1974 Tennant Hall, formerly the church's Sunday Schools, was used as the BBC Leeds TV studios, primarily for the nightly local news programme '' Look North''. In 1974 the BBC moved to new, purpose-built studios nearby at Broadcasting House, Woodhouse Lane. The ornate wooden font cover was donated by the artist Emily Ford in thanksgiving for her own baptism as an adult. She decorated the cover with biblical scenes in which the characters have the faces of her friends and fellow campaigners. The West Yorkshire branch of the

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raised £6,000 in 2013 to enable Ford's eight painted panels to be cleaned and restored by David Everingham. The great rood cross carved in lime wood hanging above the choir shows “Christ Triumphant on the Cross" by John Francis Kavanagh and was a memorial to Cecil, Walter Hook's son, the first priest of All Souls'.

Organ

The organ was built in 1877 by Abbott and Smith, and restored in 1906 and 1938 by the same builder. It was restored by Wood Wordsworth and Co in 1976, and by John T Jackson in 1997. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. The ornate organ case was designed by A. Crawford Hick.

Organists

*Frederick William Hird (1826–1887) *John Pew Bowling (1851–1886): resigned as organist a short time before his death on 10 July 1886. *Hugh Mulleneux Lawrence: organist 1887–1896 *Thomas James Hoggett: 1896–1901 * Newell Smith Wallbank: ????–1911 * Charles Legh Naylor: 1911–1917 *Dr Richard Henry Hargrave (1875-1952)????–???? *Keith Senior: 2008–present

Services

Sunday services offer

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liturgy, with full lay involvement and children's talk. Sunday *11.00 Sung Mass Wednesday *10.30 Mass

References

Gallery

File:All Souls Leeds Interior 1.JPG, Interior File:All Souls Leeds High Altar and Reredos.JPG, High Altar and Reredos File:All Souls Leeds Organ 1.JPG, Organ File:All Souls Leeds Great West Window 1.JPG, Stained glass window by

Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe (29 June 1837 – 29 April 1907) was a British Victorian era designer and manufacturer of stained glass. His studios produced over 4,000 windows and also designs for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lich ...

File:All Souls Leeds Font.JPG, Baptismal font

External links

Church websiteAll Souls', Leeds
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Listed buildings in Leeds Grade II* listed churches in West Yorkshire Leeds, All Souls' Church George Gilbert Scott buildings Churches completed in 1880 19th-century Church of England church buildings