St Bartholomew's Church, Armley

St Bartholomew’s Church, Armley is a parish church in the Church of England in Armley, West Yorkshire. The church is one of two Church of England churches in Armley; the other being Christ Church.HistoryThe first chapel at Armley was built in 1630 but not consecrated by Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York, until 1674. In 1737 it was extended to the north, the roof was raised and a small balcony was added at the west end.In 1825 the chapel was much enlarged through the benevolence of Benjamin Gott, a local industrial businessman with woollen mills in Leeds.A new church was built starting in 1872 to designs by the architects Henry Walker and Joseph Althron of Leeds. It was consecrated in 1877 but the tower was not dedicated until 1904. The church is constructed of Horsforth sandstone. The old chapel was demolished in 1909.List of vicarsFrederick George Hume SmithDavid HartleyJames Buchanan Seaton 1905–1909 (later Bishop of Wakefield)Ralph Creed Meredith 1914–1917 (later Vicar of Windsor, 1940–1958, and Chaplain to George VI and Elizabeth II, 1946–1952)Herbert Lovell Clarke 1923–1933 (previously vicar of All Saints' Church, Nottingham)William Johnston (later Bishop of Dunwich)Norman Ernest (Norry) McCurry 1963–1973Owen Conway - late 1970sNicholas PlantTimothy LipscombIan WrightCharles Clapham, of Trinity College Cambridge, perpetual curate from 1822 til his death in 1848. See also references to him as incumbent of Armley in 1828, and 1842.