St John the Baptist's Church, Leeming

The church, in 2016

St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglican church in Leeming, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

A chapel was first constructed in Leeming in 1424, with a bequest from a traveller who had fallen ill in the village.[1] It survived the English Reformation by becoming a chapel of ease to St Lambert's Church, Burneston, but was ruined by 1838.[2] In 1839, a new church was constructed on the same site, to a design by Ignatius Bonomi. A tower was added in 1910, and the building was grade II listed in 1986.[3]

The church is built of red brick with stone dressings and a tile roof. It consists of a nave, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, a doorway with a pointed arch, a chamfered surround and a hood mould, two-light bell openings, and an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ Chapman, Hannah (16 June 2024). "600th anniversary of St John the Baptist Church, Leeming". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. 1914. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (1151182)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.

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