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Salem church ... the small church with the big heart.

A church built with unpaid ransom money.

Some call it the Cathedral at the coast, a beacon to local people with its high spire and spectacular architecture.

The church is thought to date from the reign of Henry III.

The church was built in 1864, paid for by the fourth Duke of Northumberland and designed by Anthony Salvin renowned architect of the romantic period.

In 1845, the Reverend Patrick Bronté, father of the famous novelist sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte, appointed the curate the Revd Joseph Brett Grant to take charge of the newly formed Ecclesiastical district now known as Oxenhope.

Located in an attractive conservation area and arguably the most prominent of all the buildings, St John's was built between 1851 and 1853 and listed for its architectural and historic merits.

 The first records of the church indicate it was rebuilt some time after 1066 by the Lord of the Manor, William Paganel, who gave it, with other possessions of his, to Drax Priory in the time of Archbishop Thurstan (1119–1140).

This sleepy 17th century parish church, which also served nearby Drumlanrig Castle, houses the baroque white marble

The chapel’s first minister appointed in 1695 rejoiced in the name of Accepted Lister.

A Cathedral for the people.