St John the Evangelist, Bierley (7986255121)

The Church of St John the Evangelist is a

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church situated in what is now the City of Bradford, in Yorkshire, England. A private chapel was constructed here in 1766, which later became a

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of the Church of England, usually known as Bierley Chapel. That was a misnomer in the sense that it lay not in the Bierley township, but in neighbouring Bowling; the name came from the North Bierley estate to which it was originally attached. In the middle of the 19th century it became a parish church with the current name.

History

To the north of Bierley, it was built in 1766 by

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as an estate chapel for Richard Richardson (1708–1781) of Bierley Hall. It was consecrated in 1824. In 1828 and 1831 it was enlarged, when the north transept and a west porch were added. A parish was attached to it in 1864. It is now a Grade II* listed building.

Chaplains to 1824

These included: *1767–c.1772

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*c.1772–c.1781 M. Ollerenshaw *From 1781, a number of chaplains (J. West and D. West, Dr. Bailey and his brother, William Wood of Tingley) *1787–c.1799 Thomas Wade *1799–1823 a number of chaplains (Balmforth, Booth, Gill, Morgan, Heslop, Grainger, Hollist, Barmby, Parkin, Johnson, Weddell, Clarkson and Beaumont).

1824–1867

Incumbents included: *1824 J. B. Cartwright *1826 George Stringer Bull *1839 John Barber

From 1868

* 1868 C. W. N. Hyne *1912 Harold Joseph Rose Firth *1923 Arthur Frederic White *1938 Bernard Markham *1946 Leslie Anniss Pickett *1953 Reginald Stanley Landsdown *1961 Kenneth Targett *1964 Robert Coverdale Moorsom *1971 Hubert Tours Annear *1976 Geoffrey Edward Millar (1976-1991 Priest in Charge) *1991 Iain Robert Lane *2000 Vacancy *2002 Kevin Tromans *2008 David Kennedy *2015 Vacancy *2018 Paul Wheelhouse

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External links

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