St Bede's Church, Rotherham

St Bede's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The Gothic Revival style church, designed by Weightman and Hadfield, is situated on the corner of Station Road and St Bede's Road in Masbrough near the town centre. Built from 1841 to 1842, it was opened eight years before the Restoration of the English hierarchy in 1850.[2]

St Bede's Church
OS grid referenceSK4209692748
LocationRotherham
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationRoman Catholic
WebsiteStBedesParishChurchRotherham.co.uk
History
StatusParish church
DedicationBede
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Weightman and Hadfield
Groundbreaking29 July 1841
Completed5 October 1842
Construction cost£1,200
Administration
DeaneryRotherham[1]
DioceseHallam
ProvinceLiverpool

History

Foundation

The church was built on a piece of land donated to the local Catholic congregation by Benjamin Badger. In 1842, in The London and Dublin Orthodox Journal, he was reported as saying, "Although a member of the Church of England, you know from long acquaintance that I am no bigot. As therefore you mention the great want of a place of worship for the poor Catholics of this place and their inability to purchase land ... I will give you 1,000 yards of the front land you think so eligible, and worth to me from £300 to £400, to present to your friends on condition that the chapel erected thereon be a respectable building so as not to deteriorate the land adjoining."[3]

Construction

On 29 July 1841, the foundation stone was laid by Benjamin Badger. The architects were Matthew Ellison Hadfield and John Grey Weightman.[4] They also designed St Bede's Church in Widnes and Church of St Mary of the Assumption in Burnley. On 5 October 1842, it was opened and dedicated by the Apostolic Vicar of the Yorkshire District, John Briggs. In the 1930s, a choir loft was added to the church.[3][5]

Parish

Also in the parish of St Bede's is Forty Martyrs Church in Kimberworth, Rotherham.[6]

St Bede's Church has three Sunday Masses: 9:30am, 11:15am (in Polish) and 6:15pm. Forty Martyrs Church has a Sunday Mass at 5:00pm on Saturday afternoon.[1]

References
  1. Parishes from Diocese of Hallam, retrieved 30 December 2015
  2. Religion from Rotherham Unofficial, 2015, retrieved 31 December 2015
  3. History from StBedesParishChurchRotherham.co.uk, retrieved 30 December 2015
  4. From the Tablet Ninety Years Ago from The Tablet, 15 August 1931, retrieved 31 December 2015
  5. Project from Church Building and Heritage Review, Issue 139, retrieved 31 December 2015
  6. Catholic Directory, retrieved 30 December 2015
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