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St Mary's Chapel, Lead

St Mary's Chapel, Lead — church in Lead, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

St Mary's Chapel, Lead

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St Mary's Chapel, Lead is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1301. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Lead, North Yorkshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 53.8263°, -1.2963°.

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St Mary's Church, Lead, is a redundant Anglican chapel standing in an isolated position in fields in the civil parish of Lead, some 0.75 miles (1.2 km) to the west of the village of Saxton, North Yorkshire, England. Though technically a chapel, it is generally referred to as a church. It is managed by The Churches Conservation Trust, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The chapel stands close to the site of the Battle of Towton of 1461, which was part of the Wars of the Roses. In the 1930s it was saved from neglect by a local group of ramblers, and is known locally as the Ramblers' Church.

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Coordinates
53.8263, -1.2963
Parish
Saxton with Scarthingwell
Postcode
LS24 9QN
Parliamentary constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold
Established
1301

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Frequently asked questions

Where is St Mary's Chapel, Lead?
St Mary's Chapel, Lead is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.8263°, -1.2963°.
When was St Mary's Chapel, Lead built?
St Mary's Chapel, Lead dates to 1301 — the Norman & medieval period.
Is St Mary's Chapel, Lead a listed building?
St Mary's Chapel, Lead carries the heritage designation "Grade II* listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.