St James' Parish Church, Wetherby

[2] The backers included two brewers, two surgeons, two solicitors, two innkeepers, the curate, a wine and spirit merchant, a farmer, a craftsman, a non-provincial dealer, a postmaster, and a 'gentleman who between them owned 21% of the land in Wetherby and leased another 25%'.

[3] The site for the church occupied three roods of barley field provided by Edwin Greenwood of Keighley, the principal non-resident purchaser at the great sale of Wetherby in 1824.

[8] Not long after completion, 60 residents petitioned the Bishop of Ripon complaining about the curate, Raby, and his allocation of pews and other abuses by his 'masterful hand'.

[9] Limited burial space in the churchyard resulted in the provision of a large cemetery on the corner of Hallfield Lane.

The tower is tall and in two stages with blue clocks in west, north and south faced in deeply-chamfered recesses with hood moulds.

The chancel has a lean-to south vestry with exterior shouldered-headed door and a two light window with hood moulds.

The chancel has a painted panel ceiling with crossing wooden beams running in a north-south direction.

An aerial view of the church
Church on the Corner
Interior