Heritage sites in KIPPAX PARISH

English Heritage sites near Kippax Parish

STEETON HALL GATEWAY

5 miles from Kippax Parish

A fine example of a small, well preserved manorial gatehouse dating from the 14th century.

SPOFFORTH CASTLE

13 miles from Kippax Parish

The ruined hall and chamber of a fortified manor house of the powerful Percy family, dating mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries. Its undercroft is cut into a rocky outcrop.

MONK BRETTON PRIORY

15 miles from Kippax Parish

The substantial ruins of a Cluniac monastery, with an unusually well-marked ground plan, an almost complete west range and a 15th-century gatehouse.

BRODSWORTH HALL AND GARDENS

16 miles from Kippax Parish

Time really does stand still at Brodsworth Hall, one of the most unusual visitor attractions in South Yorkshire.

YORK COLD WAR BUNKER

17 miles from Kippax Parish

The most modern and spine chilling of English Heritage’s properties the York Cold War Bunker uncovers the secret history of Britain’s Cold War.

CLIFFORD'S TOWER, YORK

18 miles from Kippax Parish

Experience stunning views over the ancient city of York and immerse yourself in centuries of history at one of York’s most iconic sites.

Churches in Kippax Parish

KIPPAX: St Mary the Virgin

Church Lane Kippax Leeds
(0113) 286 9606
http://www.stmarykippax.org.uk

St Mary's Kippax is the most dramatic example of the Yorkshire group of Norman Churches characterised by their herringbone pattern masonry. It is a Grade 1 listed building dating from the late 11th century. It is of a simple plan - aisleless nave, west tower and chancel - but of substantial size, standing on a hilltop close to the earthworks of a castle (probably wooden). The original windows were small and round headed, and in the Anglo Saxon tradition of being set high in the wall, three of which remain the others having been replaced after a fire in around 1300.
Although a church at Kippax is mentioned in Domesday Book it is certain that the use of the site for worship and burial extends back to more remote periods. In the 1870’s a Roman coffin was found – possibly re-used – beneath the nave of the church during its restoration by Gough while in c.1875-6 a local antiquarian, Mr Holmes, found two fragments of an Anglian cross-shaft built into the threshold of the high-level doorway in the west wall of the tower. This stone, which is now preserved in the nave, was dated by Collingwood to the period after AD 900.