Welcome to St Mary's Church online.

St Mary's Church, Whitkirk is an attractive grade 1 listed building in East Leeds.

It is a prominent landmark and is usually floodlit at night.

The engineer John Smeaton, who built the third Eddistone lighthouse in 1759
is buried just behind the main altar

Vicars can be traced back to AD 1185, but there was probably a church before that.

The present building is predominantly from the 14th and 15th centuries,
with later additions and alterations.

Today it is the home of a vibrant church community and is well used by all sections of people from the locality.

Please use the links on the left to navigate round this site.

Ian Black
Vicar of Whitkirk

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