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St Mary Bishophill Junior, York
St Mary Bishophill Junior, York is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England, in the Bishophill area of York.
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St Columba's United Reformed Church, York
St Columba's United Reformed Church is a historic chapel on Priory Street, in the city centre of York, in England.
In 1873, the minister of the Prospect Street Presbyterian Church in Hull began preaching at the Lecture Hall on Goodramgate in York. In September, 54 local residents signed a petition for the Presbyterian Church of England to recognise the preaching station, which was granted. The congregation grew, in part due to Scottish railway workers and Scottish regiments stationed at the Imphal Barracks. They purchased a site on Priory Street, and Thomas Brownlow Thompson designed a church, which was opened on 6 November 1879. Its construction cost £5,000, and in addition to the main hall, it included a classroom and vestry. An organ was installed in 1907, while in 1949 the pediment on the main front and the corner tower were taken down. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the resulting facade as "a weak composition".
In 1972, the Presbyterian Church of England merged with the Congregational Church in England and Wales to become the United Reformed Church. York's Congregational Church, on Lendal, closed in 1995, with the congregation joining that of St Columba. The church established a community foundation in 2008, which offers space in the building for charities and community groups to use for offices and meetings. As of 2015, the church had a congregation of around 70 people.
The church is two storeys high and has a front five bays wide. It is built of white brick and is in the Italianate style, with round-arched windows and pilasters reaching the full height of the building. Inside, there is a west gallery, from which most of the seats have been removed, and three stained glass windows, two with the badges of Scottish regiments of the British Army. The church is partly surrounded by original iron railings.
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Bishophill
Bishophill is an area of central York, in England. It lies within the city walls and has been occupied since at least the Roman period.
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Micklegate Priory
Micklegate Priory, York was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1089 by Ralph Paynel, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It fronted on Micklegate, in the city of York, England, and the site had previously been used for Christ Church, a house of secular canons.
The site is now that of Holy Trinity Church.
Holbeck Manor, south of Leeds, belonged to the priory, and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries passed to the Darcy and Ingram families.
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Wesley Chapel, Priory Street
The Wesley Chapel on Priory Street, in the Bishophill area of York, in England, is a Grade II* listed building.
The church was built in 1856, on the newly-developed Priory Street, the area having formerly been part of the grounds of the Holy Trinity Priory. On opening, it was able to accommodate 1,500 worshippers, and it was extended the following year, with the addition of a school, a Sunday school, and a house for a preacher. The design was by James Simpson, and it cost £10,936.
The chapel is built of brick, in a classical style, with a stone pediment, and stone around the windows and doors. The front is of five bays, and two storeys. It has three main entrance doors, and two arched windows on the ground floor, and three arched windows above. The left and right facades are of seven bays, but designed in a similar manner. Inside, the foyer is fully panelled, with a glazed screen separating it from the auditorium. The screen incorporates a memorial panel to congregation members killed in World War I. Doors in the side of the screen lead to staircases up to an oval gallery. This is above the auditorium, which retains its original pews, and have stained glass in every window except one, much in an Art Nouveau style.
Later in the 19th century, a lecture hall was added at the rear of the building, its design possibly by G. T. Andrews. In 1892, a new organ, built by James Binns, was installed, and the buildings were extended in 1907 and 1910. In 1914, a new porch was added. During World War II, the school was taken over by the council, as the Manor Secondary Modern School, and that building is now the separate Priory Centre.
The chapel was originally part of the York Circuit of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In 1867, it became the head of the new York Wesley Circuit, covering the city west of the River Ouse. In 1932, the Wesleyan Methodists became part of the new Methodist Church of Great Britain, and the chapel headed the revised Wesley Circuit. The chapel closed in 1982, with its congregation transferring to the Central Methodist Church. It was purchased by a congregation linked to the Assemblies of God, and was renamed as the Assembly of God Church, then in 1993 it was renamed as the Rock Church. At this point, it was still part of the Assemblies of God, but aimed to offer a more contemporary expression of worship, with rock music and a dance academy. By 2006, it claimed an average weekly attendance of 250 adults. In 2018, it was again renamed, as QChurch.