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St Mary the Virgin Churchyard

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Location	:	Kippax, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, England
Coordinate	:	53.7676520, -1.3686680
Description	:	St Mary's church in Kippax, 9 miles east of Leeds, is characterised by its’ typical Saxon herring-bone masonry. It is a Grade 1 listed building dating from the late 11th century. The church is of substantial size, standing on a hilltop close to the earthworks of a probably wooden castle. Although a church at Kippax is mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, the site was used for worship and burial prior to this. In the 1870s a Roman coffin (possibly re-used) was discovered beneath the nave of the church. Inside the church, fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft... Read More	St Mary's church in Kippax, 9 miles east of Leeds, is characterised by its’ typical Saxon herring-bone masonry. It is a Grade 1 listed building dating from the late 11th century. The church is of substantial size, standing on a hilltop close to the earthworks of a probably wooden castle. Although a church at Kippax is mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, the site was used for worship and burial prior to this. In the 1870s a Roman coffin (possibly re-used) was discovered beneath the nave of the church. Inside the church, fragments of an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft were found dating to the 10th century. An extensive churchyard extends north from the church and a newer extension to the north-east. There are ten Commonwealth war graves in the churchyard.

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