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St Edward the Confessor, Brotherton

Sat 20 Sep 25
Sat 20 Sep:11am - 2pm; Free Entry. St Edward the Confessor, Church Street, Brotherton WF11 9HE Heritage Open Day: St Edward the Confessor is the parish church for Brotherton & Byram. It is a beautiful building with lots of history. St Edward the Confessor Church has a long history, there is some evidence of an early Saxon church, some parts of the tower are of Norman design and certainly there was a church and priest here in the 12th century. Thomas de Brotherton is our most famous son. He became the first Earl of Norfolk and is recorded as being born in the Manor House here and his father Edward 1st came from fighting the Scots to take part in his baptism in the church in 1300. We have the lid of a crusaders stone coffin in the North Porch. Cardinal Wolsey is reputed to have baptised and confirmed 500 souls on the Ferrybridge marshes as he journeyed to his castle at Cawood... READ MORE>

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