St Oswald's Church is an active
Anglican
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church in
Collingham,
West Yorkshire
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, England. It is in the Harrogate deanery and
Diocese of Leeds.
The church is on the edge of the village on Wetherby Road.
History
Dedicated to
Oswald of Northumbria
Oswald (; c 604 – 5 August 641/642Bede gives the year of Oswald's death as 642. However there is some question of whether what Bede considered 642 is the same as what would now be considered 642. R. L. Poole (''Studies in Chronology and H ...
, an
Anglo-Saxon saint the church has
Saxon
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origins, was rebuilt in the 15th century and restored and enlarged from 1840 to 1841.
The tower was built in the 16th century and its clock was installed in 1891.
Church yard
The church graveyard contains the graves of Major General James Gunter (1833–1908), who served in the
Crimean War
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, and Benjamin Eamonson (died 1867), who was its vicar for 29 years.
See also
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Grade II* listed buildings in West Yorkshire
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Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yor ...
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Listed buildings in Collingham, West Yorkshire
References
External links
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Churches in Leeds
Anglican Diocese of Leeds
Listed buildings in Leeds
Grade II listed churches in West Yorkshire
Church of England church buildings in West Yorkshire
15th-century church buildings in England