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St. Anne’s Church, Carlecotes

St. Anne’s Church was built in the grounds of Carlecotes Hall in 1857, as a Private Chapel, by the then owners of the Hall Mr & Mrs. John Chapman.

Although a private chapel, it has always been open to all, serving not only the immediate village, but the surrounding rural areas of Townhead, Dunford Bridge, Foxhouses, and latterly the newer development of Crow Edge. In 1961 the owners of the hall, Mrs. Adams and her son, Wing Commander J.S.L. Adams decided to convey the church to the Diocese of Wakefield and it is now part of the Team Ministry.

The church was served by a Resident Chaplain, firstly the Reverend E.D.Jackson then followed by Reverend. W.C.Dudley who had been one of our first missionaries to New Zealand. Upon his death in 1879 the administration of the church passed to the Vicar of Penistone who has been responsible for it ever since.

There is a high style of decorative gothic art and carving which can be seen all around at St. Anne’s with Victorian Arts and Crafts influences in the font, the heavily carved black oak pulpit, pews and panels.

In the chancel are eight choir stalls with carved hoods and the family arms carved on the front. Set in the mosaic floor is a depiction of the Arms (per Chevron Or and Azure) a crescent between three mullets. The motto reads ( Creseit sub ponere virtus,) “Virtue thrives under oppression”.

FONT AND ORGAN On entering the church at the main door the first feature to be seen is the beautiful stone font with its oak carved font cover, which was given to the church be one of its founders, Ann Chapman (1843-1885).