𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 🛎The ruined chapel of 𝗦𝘁 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀, (𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹), Bradford

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹, 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 , 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲. 🛎

𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁? 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱. 👍

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲:

Before 1612 the building was known as ‘Saint Leonards’. For those who enjoy their historical facts, this was at the time when King James was on the throne and a year earlier, in 1611, the King James bible was first published.

After this date the name changed to ‘Saint James’. No one knows the reason for the name change. All we do know, is that a group of local people, including Precilla Bannister and the local freemasons, with the Lord of the Manor, rebuilt the existing chapel and changed the name to St James.

In more recent times we have come to affectionately know the building as ‘Bell Chapel’ or ‘Brontë Bell Chapel’. ‘Brontë Bell Chapel’ is a reference to one of the most recognised times in the Chapel’s history. The Brontë’s were the most famous people baptised in the chapel and Patrick Brontë preached there from 1815 -1820. Thornton village is also the birthplace of the these famous literary figures.

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[BradfordThroughTheLens]

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗯𝘆
𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀.

[BarbaraEllis-sirs]

What a well kept graveyard special thanks and gratitude to all the volunters.!!

[AmyMaris-xu]

Thank you for caring for this place!!!!

[markmemphis]

Another excellent upload, and how wonderful that your previous video has generated enough interest in the form of new volunteers!

This graveyard is a pleasure to visit and a credit to Thornton. I do wonder about trees in graves, and their roots... do you think they invade the caskets, or what's left of them?

[fatlad]

it's nice to see you doing a bit for bradford and our history cheers lads. To many people disrespect our city 😤