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Creating a Christian Timeline for Addingham
Location: Bradford
Introduction
St. Peter’s Church in Addingham in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales has been a Christian site since Saxon times. Archbishop Wulfhere of York fled here for sanctuary in AD867 when the Vikings invaded that city, and we have recently discovered more graves of our Saxon-age ancestors here. We want to celebrate all our Christian Heritage down the years and the part it plays in our village and regional life, and, with the active support of Addingham Civic Society, the Olicana Historical Society and Addingham Parish Council, we will be using the LHI grant to achieve this aim by the creation of a Christian Time-Line in Addingham
Since we are one of the last groups to be awarded a LHI grant, please read about our plans on this site, but do also follow progress of the project at http://www.addinghamrectory.fsnet.co.uk/christiantimeline.htm – and please do come and pay us a real visit next time you are in the area – there will always be a welcome for you at St. Peter’s!
Background to the Christian Time-Line in Addingham
St Peter’s stands in a lovely setting, in a field surrounded by a picturesque and much loved churchyard; in Spring there is a succession of snowdrops, cherry blossom and thousands of daffodils. People come from far and wide to see this beauty and to find peace and a welcome in the church and its surroundings – but many do no not know of the unique and fascinating history of this site, of how Christianity has played its part here from the earliest years, and of how this has interacted with the development of the village of Addingham and the surrounding area.
Like the parish churches in nearby Otley and Ilkley, St Peter’s is the site of an Anglian-age cross, and archaeological digs here have shown that the Saxon burials in St Peter’s grounds were more extensive than we had previously realised.
St. Peter’s has massive roof timbers, and a detailed study has shown that these are like those used in the sixteenth century Great Barn at nearby Bolton Abbey.
Addingham is a close-knit village, and the Christian Time-Line extends beyond St. Peter’s site to encompass the Methodist Church on Chapel Lane, Mt. Hermon Chapel on Main Street, and the Catholic Church of Our Lady and Christian Martyrs which faces historic Manor Garth, as well as other historic sites around the village.
These facts have inspired our plans for creating a Christian Time-Line in Addingham.
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Heritage Lottery Fund: £24943
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