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341: 34: 455: 287:'s Church, Heslington and Heslington Methodist Chapel in 1971, the name of the combined church being "Heslington Church", though some people still incorrectly refer to it as "St Paul's". The old Methodist Chapel is now the village meeting room. 310:; he removed the old north wall, and added a modern suite of meeting rooms, including a vestry and kitchen, on the north side. The old choir and sanctuary now form a separate chapel, and the congregation sits in a semicircle facing the new 1408: 306:
Originally constructed in 1858, the building still looks like a Victorian parish church from the south. It was extended in the 1970s by the ecclesiastical architect
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Sunday services take place at 10.00am. Aside from the usual midweek meetings, the church also plays host to various university groups throughout the week.
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to the north. Sims's design makes use of exposed breeze blocks and concrete lintels which are not to everyone's taste. The building is now a Grade II
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Each denomination in the ecumenical partnership is represented by a member of clergy; the Anglican vicar was Rev. Adam Romanis, also vicar of
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The earliest record of the parish of Heslington is in 1299; it was from that time until 1842 subject to the
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of Ampleforth. The advowson passed to the Archbishop of York in 1842.
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The former Methodist Chapel, now the Heslington Meeting Room
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York
England
Denomination
Church of England
Heslington Church
Dedication
St Paul
Grade II listed
Architect(s)
J. B. and W. Atkinson
Ronald Sims
Province
Province of York
Diocese
Diocese of York
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Vicar(s)
Heslington
York
University of York
local ecumenical partnership
Church of England
Methodist Church
Saint Paul
peculiar jurisdiction
Prebend
Ronald Sims

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