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All Saints 200' spire dominates the Bradford skyline, close to the city centre, a Grade 2* Victorian church.

The church is a Grade II listed building and the people of Barnsley have worshipped here for over 100 years.

The earliest reference to a church is from 1141 although it is probable that one existed here well before the Norman Conquest.

The Abbey and grounds were given to the people of Sheffield in 1932 and there is much to see for everyone who enjoys history and the peace of the countryside.

Visitors to Holy Rood are often caught quite unawares by their first sight of the interior where a wealth of brick, marble and wood, convey a sense of splendour and dignity, in direct contrast to the exterior which is plain and almost unadorned.

The church was designed by Basil Spence, the architect of Coventry Cathedral, and was consecrated on the Eve of the Conversion of St Paul, January 24 1959.

The church was built in 1825, with seating for 350 people, a schoolroom and classrooms that were opened later, in 1852. It was built as an impressive town centre Congregational Chapel.

A large Victorian building with a rose window and twin towers, similar to London’s Bloomsbury Baptist Church, with refurbished refurbished welcoming entrance spaces and hall windows with etched glass co-designed with the community.

St Joseph’s was founded as a Mission from nearby Cobridge in 1895 and in 1925 work started on the present church designed in the north Italian Lombardic or Romanesque style by the young architect JS Brocklesby.

St Mary's is the civic church of Barnsley and provides a place of worship, peace and quiet in the town centre.