Leeds Minster

The Church of St. Peter ( Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter -at- Leeds ) is an Anglican parish church in the center of the northern English city of Leeds. The neo-Gothic basilica with more than 1600 seats was built instead of a Gothic church predecessor 1839-41 to plans by Robert Chantrell. Since 2012, it bears the honorary title Minster because of their historical and social significance. Current plans of the Church of England see the creation of a diocese of Leeds from the Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield, as well as St. Peter the status of a Prokathedrale.

History

Several elaborately processed stone crosses from the 10th century, of which fragments were found in the demolition work from 1838 in the masonry, are evidence of the early cultic significance of the place. In the Domesday Book of William the Conqueror of 1086 a church with land and a priest is recorded for Leeds. This was rebuilt in parallel with the growth in importance of the place several times and enlarged. At the beginning of the 19th century it was run down and dilapidated. For the enormous grown in the course of industrialization municipality the present church was built and consecrated on 2 September 1841.

Architecture and Facilities

The St. Peter's Church consists of the pieces of equal size nave and choir, both three naves and vierjochig. In the middle of it crosses a short transept, at the northern arm of the high square tower stands. The church is rich in carvings, sculptures and picture windows from different eras.

Organ

The organ was built in 1948 by the organ builders Harrison & Harrison (Durham, London). In 1966, the instrument was amended slightly in 1997 by the organ builder AJ Carter ( Wakefield ) extensively restored and renovated the entire mechanism, and extends the disposition. In 2002, a new high-pressure registers Jubilee Trumpet installed. The instrument has 83 registers, four manuals and pedal. The Spieltrakturen are electro-pneumatic, the Registertrakturen are electric.