Find a church

Holy Island, or Lindisfarne, is the site of a monastery founded by St Aidan in 635 AD. It marks the establishment of Christianity in the northeast and is still a centre of pilgrimage today.

St Helen’s is a magnificent church dating from 1857, which reveals the fascinating and unique history of the interwoven stories of estate, church and village.

The Church is striking for its vast scale and interior height, it retains good quality late 19th century fittings and also retains a Caen stone Gothic high altar and reredos along with panelled stone communion rails with iron gates in situ.

The church is a fine example of late perpendicular architecture.

The earliest reference to a church in Cawthorne can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, the current church is the third to stand on this site.

Family friendly and lively church.

Through its long and fascinating history the church, which is at the heart of Pontefract town centre, has continuously developed to meet the changing needs of the community it serves.

Daresbury and its church are most well known because of the connection with Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, world famous as Lewis Carroll, who was born here in 1832 and baptised in the church.