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Description: | 1891. View of the memorial to Walter Farquhar Hook in Leeds Parish Church, which was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and sculpted by William Day Keyworth Junior. Walter Hook (1798-1875) was the Vicar of Leeds from 1837 until 1859 after which he became Dean of Chichester. During his time at Leeds he was largely responsible for the rebuilding of Leeds Parish Church in 1841 and was also instrumental in the forming of the Church Institute and raising money to build 21 churches, 27 schools and 23 vicarages. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Leeds Parish Church memorial Walter Farquhar Hook St.Peter's Church | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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