Christchurch, Ilkley is a

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and

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ecumenical partnership church in

Ilkley Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, in Northern England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the ...

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, England.

History

The foundation stone of the church was laid by James Law, Mayor of Bradford, on 30 May 1868. The architect was James Pigott Pritchett Jr of Darlington and the cost estimated at £5,000 (). The design comprised a church, school and a church-keeper's house in the early decorated style of Gothic architecture. The main doorway was on Riddings Road. The tower was complete by 1869 but the spire was to be finished later The church building opened for worship on 16 June 1869. In 1972 the union between the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church in England and Wales formed the

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and from then it was known as Ilkley United Reformed Church. Later it formed an ecumenical partnership with Ilkley Methodist Church.

Organ

The church obtained a new organ at a cost of £464 () in 1873 by the builder Forster and Andrews of Hull. This was replaced in 1911 by a new instrument by Harrison and Harrison of Durham. This organ is no longer present in the church.

Clock

The clock by

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was installed in the tower in 1891 at a cost of £110 (). It was the give of Mr. T.P. Muff of Woodbank.

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Churches completed in 1869 Ilkley

History

Organ

Clock

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