Leeds Minster | |
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Minster and Parish Church of St Peter-at-Leeds | |
53°47′42″N 1°32′10″W / 53.79500°N 1.53611°W | |
OS grid reference | SE 30658 33301 |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Broad church |
Website | www.leedsminster.org |
History | |
Dedication | St Peter |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Robert Chantrell |
Specifications | |
Length | 55 metres (180 feet) |
Tower height | 42 metres (139 feet) |
Bells | 12 + flat 6th |
Tenor bell weight | 40 long cwt 1 qr 27 lb (4,535 lb or 2,057 kg) |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Leeds |
Episcopal area | Leeds |
Archdeaconry | Leeds |
Deanery | North-west Leeds |
Parish | Leeds City |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Nick Baines |
Rector | Paul Maybury |
Curate(s) | Andrew Earwaker, Jo Jones |
NSM(s) | Jane de Gay, Paddy Benson |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Kay Brown, Sarah Maybury |
Organist/Director of music | Alexander Woodrow |
Organist(s) | Shaun Turnbull |
Leeds Minster, also known as the Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds (formerly Leeds Parish Church) is the minster church of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the site of the oldest church in the city and is of architectural and liturgical significance. A church is recorded on the site as early as the 7th century, although the present structure is a Gothic Revival one, designed by Robert Dennis Chantrell and completed in 1841. It is dedicated to Saint Peter and was the Parish Church of Leeds before receiving the honorific title of "Minster" in 2012. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by Historic England.[1]