Funding joy for eighteen places of worship

Eighteen places of worship are celebrating this month after receiving over £95,000 from the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust (YHCT).

Funding has been awarded to places of worship from Sheffield to Hawes and Bridlington to Birkby and includes Anglican, Catholic, United Reformed Churches as well as a City Church, part of the Christ Central group of churches.

The full list is as follows:

Marske, St Mark £6000 for tower repairs

Thornthwaite, St Saviour £1000 for roof repairs

Kirk Deighton, All Saints, £3000 for roof repairs

Coneysthorpe Chapel, £8000 for roof repairs

Sheffield, St Polycarp £3500 for boundary wall repairs

Lower Dunsforth, St Mary £7000 for steeple repairs

Hardraw, St Mary & St John £2000 for organ repairs

York, St Lawrence £3000 for roof and guttering repairs

Nunnington, All Saints & St James £6000 for window repairs

York City Church £1000 for ceiling repairs

Bulmer, St Martin £9000 for tower repairs

Preston under Scar, St Margaret £4000 for bellcote repairs

Hornsea URC £6000 for roof repairs

Wath, St Mary £3000 for stonework repairs

Birkby, St John the Evangelist £5000 for tower access repairs

Hessle, All Saints £10,000 for tower repairs

Leeds, All Souls £5758 for glass repairs

Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe, Church of the Good Shepherd, £6000 for roof repairs