Panorama of St Peter's Parish Church, Hartshead,
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St Peter's Church is in the village of Hartshead in the county
of West Yorkshire, which is west of Dewsbury and near Hartshead
Moor. There were Christians in this area in Saxon times and there
remains the base of a late Saxon cross not far from the church.
The Normans built the first stone church here in the 12th century.
The only remains of this building are the South Doorway and the
Chancel Arch. In 1662 a major restoration began. Little remains
of this restoration because in the late 19th century the Victorians
rebuilt the church in Neo-Norman style. St Peters was one of the four
churches served as Vicar by The Revd Patrick Bronte between 1810
and 1815. He met his wife Maria Branwell here in 1811 and they
were married in Guiseley. Rev Patrick and Maria were the parents
of the Bronte sisters, Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Legend
has it that Robin Hood was buried in this parish in the grounds
of Kirklees priory. |
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