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All Saints Church, Leamington Spa

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The church remains in active use as a place of worship, with Sunday and other major services accompanied by the surpliced choir. Despite the fragmentation of its parish during the 19th century, All Saints is still known and used as Leamington's Parish Church. The church hosts and promotes organ
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of 1086 reports that there was a priest present in "Lamintone", (an old name for Leamington) although there is no specific mention of a church. The earliest record of one was from the 12th century when Leamington was still a tiny
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recitals and concerts, as well as the annual All Saints' Arts Festival. It also runs a group for LGBTQIA+ Christians called LGBTXians. There is a lively Ukrainian cafe inside the church, which opens Tuesday-Saturday.
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It was however in 1843 that the church began to take its current form and shape. By this time the church was no longer in open fields just to the north of a hamlet, but was in the centre of a bustling
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The last major works to take place to the church, after Craig's death, were from 1898 to 1902 by the architect Sir
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Christopher Wilson 2003 – present (Priest-in-Charge, later Vicar of All Saints and of Holy Trinity)
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The main construction took place between 1843 and 1869, overseen and largely funded by vicar
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one of the largest Church of England parish churches, rivaling many cathedrals in size.
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George Warner 1995 – 2002 (Priest-in-Charge of All Saints and of Holy Trinity)
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in 1926, and Longstaff & Jones in 1981. The organ is described in the
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In 1867 the south transept was added by the architect TC Barry.
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dating from 1879. There have been subsequent rebuilds by
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Denomination
Church of England
Churchmanship
Liberal Anglo-Catholicism
www.allsaintschurchleamington.org.uk
Dedication
Saints
Province
Canterbury
Parish
Leamington Priors
Vicar(s)
Director of music
Organist(s)
parish church
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
Gothic Revival style
River Leam
Domesday Book
hamlet
Leek Wootton
spring
Earl of Aylesford
spa town
Benjamin Satchwell
William Abbotts
John Craig
Arthur Blomfield

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