St James the Deacon's Church, Acomb Moor

St James the Deacon's Church is a parish church of the Church of England in Acomb, a suburb of York in England. A mission church was opened in the Acomb Moor area in 1952, in the parish of St Stephen's Church, Acomb. In 1968, it was granted its own parish. The church building was designed by George Pace, with construction starting in 1969. It was consecrated in 1971. It is the only church dedicated to James the Deacon.

The church has a large, unequal, pitched roof, with the ridge over the altar. It has multiple vestries and a narthex. A weekday chapel opens off the narthex, with its own single-pitched roof, and a bell turret above. The building incorporates a 12th-century doorway from the demolished St Maurice's Church, a 15th-century font from St Sampson's Church, and a 14th-century altar slab from York Minster. Most other fittings come from St Maurice and St Sampson, and include some 17th-century wooden carvings depicting the Four Evangelists.

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Woodthorpe, North Yorkshire

Woodthorpe is a suburb in the south west of the city of York, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The surrounding areas are Dringhouses and Foxwood. The area of Woodthorpe was built in several phases from the 1960s to the 1990s. The name Woodthorpe is believed to have been the name of one of the first large housing development projects around the Moorcroft Road and Acorn Way area and this name has stuck. Locally the name Woodthorpe is generally used for the areas south of Acomb Wood and east to Moorcroft Road and Acorn Way. To the east is Dringhouses, to the north is Foxwood, and to the west is Acomb Park. In January 2017 the suburb made national headlines when seven year old Katie Rough was killed by asphyxiation and stabbed in the neck near her home by a 15-year-old female.

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Dringhouses

Dringhouses is a suburb of York, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is bounded by the Knavesmire, an open area of land on which York Racecourse is situated, to the east, Askham Bog and the A64 to the south, Woodthorpe and Foxwood to the west, and Acomb and Holgate to the north. It is part of the City of York ward is called Dringhouses and Woodthorpe which covers an area of 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi) and had a population of 11,084 at the 2011 Census. It is located approximately two and quarter miles from York City Centre. The name derives from "Drengeshirses" (1109) and means "the houses of the drengs", a "dreng" being a man who held land by a particular kind of free tenure. It is a mixture of housing estates and large open spaces, with the East Coast main railway line running through the middle.

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York High School, York

York High School is a mixed secondary school in York, North Yorkshire, England. It has a comprehensive admissions policy, and in 2016 had an enrolment of 757 pupils ages 11–16.

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Our Lady's Church, Acomb

Our Lady's Church is a Catholic parish church in Acomb, a suburb of York, in England. The first Catholic services in Acomb were held in the local high school, in 1941. A church was designed by J. H. and Peter Langtry-Langton and was completed in 1955. The construction cost £28,000, although an intended campanile was not built. On completion, the church could seat 400 worshippers. The sanctuary was reordered by C. M. Vis in 1970, and in 1999 the sanctuary was extended forward, the altar rails removed, and an octagonal parish room was added on the north side. The church is in the form of an early Christian basilica, consisting of a narthex, nave, aisles, and sanctuary with chapels. It is built of grey brick, with a Roman pantile roof. The main entrance is in the centre of the west front, its bay projecting slightly. The doorcase is in the Doric order, and is within several brick arches, incorporating a panel depicting the Madonna and Child. Inside, the nave is supported by fourteen Corinthian columns, which are decorated to resemble marble. The east wall is blank, partly panelled with fake marble, with a large reredos above, including a crucifix and a dove representing the Holy Spirit. The altar and a statue of Our Lady were brought from St Patrick's Church, Hull, in 1999. There is an octagonal stone font in the baptistery north of the sanctuary.

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