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Methley St Oswald's Church
Heritage Open Day: A fine Early English church with Grade I listing, mainly for the Lady Chapel with its stunning collection of funerary sculpture comemorating the Waterton and Savile families, Ministers at Court. Glorious stained glass from C15 to early C20. A Saxon church on this site is recorded in the Doomsday Book.. The nave dates from C12 with a tower and a South aisle added in C14. Bare stone walls give it a simple grandeur. The Waterton Chapel was endowed by and commemorates Sir Robert and Lady Waterton in alabaster efigies under an imposing arch. His son-in-law Lionel Lord Welles fell at the Battle of Towton and has a matching memorial.
Sat 13 Sep to Sunday 21 September
St Oswald’s Church, Church Side, Methley, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS26 9BJ
Sat 13 Sep:10.00- 17.00 with tours at 11.30 and 3.30; Sun 14 Sep:12.30-17.00 with a tour at 3.30; Sat 20 Sep:10.00-17.00 WAR OF THE ROSES DISPLAY with church tours at 11.30 and 3.30; Sun 21 Sep:12.30-17.00 with a tour at 3.30; Free Entry.
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