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The present church of St Peter, originally dedicated to St Peter & St Paul, is the fourth stone church to occupy this site.

The church is a ‘noble edifice in the early English style of Gothic architecture’from which the view is beautiful, over Worsbrough reservoir to Wortley, Stainborough Park and Worsbrough Park.

The Victorian Holy Trinity is known as the ‘new church’ to distinguish it from the partially ruined old church.

There are no known records of a church before 1087, but Braegesheale is mentioned in an endowment charter dated 1002 of the Abbey of Burton.

St Matthew’s church has an amazingly rich history and preserved records to show it.

Unmissable Snowdonia mountain church.

As people enter this quiet oasis, their first word is almost always 'wow'!

The earliest record of Christianity in the area round Keighley dates from 867 AD, when Archbishop Wulfhere of York fled from marauding Danes to Addingham.

The name Elsecar is thought to mean ‘Elsi’s marsh’. Elsi was a Saxon lord who owned land here and ‘car’ is an old word for low, swampy ground.

Highly decorated church with heraldry, 15th century alabaster tombs and stained glass.