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    Arrow otley parish church

    As part of the heritage weekend mickeylove and myself visited otley parish church. Both of us being from otley we are no strangers to the church (we were married there) but it was nice to see more.
    It is believed that the site of the church may have been consecrated as early as the 2nd century AD when christianity first came to britain. The first church building on the site was anglo saxon only the foundations remain. a norman church was built over the foundation in the 11th century and this forms the present day chancel it was enlarged in 1240 and further additions were made over the centuries, the magnificent stained glass east window was installed in 1851.
    With the opening of the cemetery on pool road otley the church yard was closed in 1862 but did permit internments in existing family graves (space permitting)
    There is of course the bramhope railway tunnel memorial, for those men that lost there lives in the construction of the tunnel. On a personal note my great great grandfather and his family are also buried there.

















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    lovely stuff

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