St Edward the Confessor

It was built by Edward George Lancaster JP in a quiet style of the early English period.

The church consists of a nave (70 feet long) with north and south aisles. The nave is divided from the aisles by granite columns in four bays and the open timbered roof is of pitched pine. The chancel is 40 feet in length and 20 feet wide. The church cost approximately £30,000 to build. It was consecrated on 13 November 1902 by the Bishop of Wakefield.

There are lots of things to see in St Edwards. These include the carved font and pulpit, which complement each other beautifully. The magnificent west window was installed in 1936. It has five lancet shaped lights and nine tracery lights, and shows the ship of the church approaching land and the shore of the Holy City, the new Jerusalem. The tracery at the top features the signs of the zodiac and the sun and moon.

There is a carved reredos made from polished English alabaster and marble from Connemara (Ireland) and Castellino (Tuscany).

The Lady Chapel was dedicated in 1910. It contains a lovely reredos portraying ‘The Last Supper’ in painted glass tiles. The oak altar, carving and oak paneling was created by a Churchwarden.