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Church of St Paul, Shipley
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
WebsiteChurch website
History
StatusActive
Consecrated1 November 1828
Architecture
Functional statusParish church
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Leeds
ArchdeaconryBradford
DeaneryAire and Worth
BeneficeShipley St Paul
ParishShipley
Clergy
Vicar(s)Henriette Howarth


History

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The Church of St Paul was designed by John Oates, and built between 1823 and 1826.[1] The Church of St Matthew in Wilsden, built in 1826, and demolished in 1975, was identical to St Pauls in Shipley being designed by the same architect.[2] Initially, the church and the funds for it were approved under the Million Act, with a projected cost of £7,961, but with alterations cost in the region of £12,000 (equivalent to £1,244,000 in 2023) by 1825/1826.[3][4]

The organ was installed in 1892, being built by J. Binns of Leeds. The organ is recognised as being of national interest, and is registered by the British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS) with a grade II certificate.[5][6]

Parish and benefice

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The church is the parish church for St Pauls, Shipley, and is the only named church within the Benefice of St Paul's, Shipley.[7] Shipley St Paul's is one of 598 parishes in the Diocese of Leeds.[8] Historically, the parish was created as Shipley-cum-Heaton, but Heaton was created as a parish in ????

When the parish of St Pauls was created, it was in the Diocese of York. It moved into the Diocese of Ripon in 1835???? and then into the newly-created Diocese of Bradford in 1919. By ????, when a reform of the diocese's in Yorkshire took place, it was moved again into the Diocese of Leeds.

Clergy

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Vicars at St Pauls, Shipley[9][10][11]
Year Incumbent Year Incumbent
1828 Thomas Newberry 1954 John Keys Fraser
1845 William Kelly 1964 Philip Harry Green
1884 William Pearson 1978 John Richard Henson
1890 Arthur William Cribb 1992 John R. Poole
1914 Bernard Herklots 1997 Colin R. Penfold
1918 Noel Harding Jolly 2008 Susan M. Hope
1930 Evan Basil Alban 2017 Henriette Howarth
1936 William John Perrett

All are listed as reverend, apart from Susan Hope who was a reverend canon. Some vicars later became canons, but all were reverends during their tenure at Shipley apart from Hope.[9][12] Although the church was consecrated in November 1826, the first vicar was not appointed until 1828 as aparish council had not been convened. In the interim, the Reverend Richard Horsfall officiated until Thomas Newberry arrived in 1828.[13] Howarth's appointment was after the choir had made a musical video appeal for a new vicar.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Webster, Christopher; Brandwood, Geoff (2022). Late-Georgian churches: Anglican architecture, patronage and churchgoing in England, 1790-1840. London: John Hudson Publishing. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-7398229-0-3.
  2. ^ "Wilsden Conservation Area Assessment" (PDF). bradford.gov.uk. Bradford Metropolitan District Council. March 2004. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Genuki: York Parish Registers, The Million Act Churches., Yorkshire". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ Speight, Harry (1891). "Shipley". Through Airedale from Goole to Malham. Leeds: Walker & Laycock. p. 142. OCLC 5824116.
  5. ^ Meneaud, Marc (8 November 2008). "Church bids to restore organ". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. ^ "NPOR | The National Pipe Organ Register". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ^ "St Paul's Church". achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Parishes in Leeds Diocese". parishgiving.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  9. ^ a b "The Vicars of Shipley". stpaulsshipleyhistory.org.
  10. ^ Mitchinson, James, ed. (5 May 2017). "Parish children's video prayer for vicar who tells jokes is answered". The Yorkshire Post. p. 6. ISSN 0963-1496.
  11. ^ "Resignations and retirements". The Church Times. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ^ Stanford, Mark (7 May 2017). "Vicar to be installed at church after success of junior choir's internet appeal". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ^ "The Church of St Paul Shipley" (PDF). stpaulsshipleyhistory.co.uk. p. 13. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Singing job advert attracts new vicar to West Yorkshire". BBC News. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

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