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Description: | June 1966.
View of a stained glass window in Woodkirk Church, St. Mary's, located in Dewsbury Road. The window was dedicated to Florence Annie Stephenson in 1954. At the top left the window depicts Christ and the Centurian. St. Augustine is represented top right. A cell of Augustine monks or black cannons was founded here in the reign of Henry I when the lands were owned by Nostell Priory. At the bottom left is an image of the long established Lee Fair in Medieval times. It was named for Thomas Lee, a commissioner for Henry VIII who purchased Nostell Priory and lands after dissolution of the Monasteries. Lee Fair is still held annually. At the bottom right is an artists impression of Woodkirk Church in 1832 showing the collapsed roof after a violent storm. Major re-construction work was undertaken in the light of this event. In gold lettering beneath is the caption'This window was given by parishoners and friends in memory of Florence Annie Stephenson 1891-1954.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | St. Mary's Woodkirk Lee Fair Dewsbury Road | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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