Leeds Minster

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 9:16 pm

Leeds Hippo wrote: I know when I drive up from the south on the M1 St Barts is one of the first landmarks I see in the distance when I approach Leeds - lets you know you're home. My 'lets me know I'm home' is the landmark Parkinson Building at Leeds University. As a child that was particularly always good to see from miles away and still is. A bit like seeing Blackpool Tower from even further miles away as that meant I was nearly in Blackpool.

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 9:22 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Yes you did indeed Tasa!I still have the blackened fingernail as a reminder! I defy anyone to not swear in church after a heavy trap door lands on your hand Is that a legal cigarette or just an odd angle??

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 9:26 pm

I might have let a swear word slip in church csnosi, but I wouldn't have gone as far as getting high on it's steeple lol

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 9:34 pm

There will be another angle to the Minister aspect.There was an effort to have it made a cathedral a short while back,this was so the church would qualify for funding from the C of E.The church itself is in debt,its costs being raised by the publichttp://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/lat ... 800Perhaps the Minster staus will enable it to recieve the direct funding.

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 9:35 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: I might have let a swear word slip in church csnosi, but I wouldn't have gone as far as getting high on it's steeple lol I can vouch for the fact that there was no waccy baccy at St Bart's! The language was a different matter

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 9:38 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: I might have let a swear word slip in church csnosi, but I wouldn't have gone as far as getting high on it's steeple lol Burrum,tish!!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 9:49 pm

The photo clearly shows that smoking is hazardous to your health! I think a Woodbine or a Capstan Full Strength may though have been more beneficial at the time!

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 10:13 pm

cnosni wrote: There will be another angle to the Minister aspect.There was an effort to have it made a cathedral a short while back,this was so the church would qualify for funding from the C of E.The church itself is in debt,its costs being raised by the publichttp://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/lat ... 800Perhaps the Minster staus will enable it to recieve the direct funding. I agree that there is probably some kind of administrative reason for the conversion to a Minster. Another two parish churches in Yorkshire (Rotherham and Halifax) have become Minsters in the last few years.Related to your mention of Leeds Parish Church attempting to become a Cathedral a while ago, I wonder if this was around the time when St Anne's Cathedral changed its publicity material and noticeboards to be known as Leeds Cathedral? Having always though of it as St Anne's, it now seems very impersonal to call it Leeds Cathedral, but this is probably a personal thing as I've never thought of LPC as St-Peter-at-Leeds!

PC - Dublin · Post by **PC - Dublin** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 10:18 pm

I think it's a fabulous church.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 21 Feb, 2012 10:34 pm

The Parish Church (as I always call it) still has (as far as I know) the only 'in situ' boundary stone of Leeds, namely the East Bar Stone which is in the wall at the front of the church. Other such Bar Stones seem to have either been lost (eg, the North Bar Stone that used to be in the old bus station on Vicar Lane) or is indoors as in the case of the Burley Bar Stone which is at the Leeds Building Society on The Headrow. If there is any other such stone still outside I would be grateful to know where.