All Souls' Church, Blackman Lane, in Leeds

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History

All Souls Church was built by public subscription in one of the poorest districts of Leeds, the Leylands, as a memorial to Dr W. F. Hook, Vicar of Leeds for some 22 years and later Dean of Chichester. The design is simple and impressive in scale: 134 ft in length with aisles both to the nave and chancel, a southwest porch and a baptistery under the northwest tower.

It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, "to stem the tide of spiritual destitution" in the area, and is the last church he designed before his death in 1878: his son, John Oldrid Scott, took over the supervision of the building. The foundation stone was laid in September 1876; the church was consecrated on 29 January 1880. Southowram stone with Meanwood dressings was used for the exterior, Harehills stone for the interior. The column supports for the nave arcades are of Park Spring stone. The interior walls are of ashlar stonework.

Between 1968 and 1974 part of the church was used as the BBC Leeds TV studios, primarily for the nightly local news programme Look North

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. In 1974 the BBC moved to new, purpose-built studios nearby at Broadcasting House, Woodhouse Lane.

Services

Sunday services offer warm Anglo-Catholic liturgy, with a children's talk and full lay involvement. The Mass is also celebrated in French several times a year.

Sunday

• 11.00 am Sung Mass

Monday

• 07.30 pm Mass

Wednesday

• 10.00 am Mass

External links

• Church website
• All Souls', Leeds at achurchnearyou.com