Adel, W Yorkshire - Church of St John the Baptist - Dixon postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Adel, West Yorkshire (near Leeds) - Church of St. John the Baptist
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon (L6/SP 7770)
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Adel is a suburb in North Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Cookridge, Holt Park, Weetwood and Alwoodley. To the north are the villages of Arthington and Bramhope and the market town of Otley. In common with many areas of Leeds it is not easy to define the boundaries of Adel, but Adel Church and the two schools are well to the east of Otley Road, the A660, although the post office is on that road. There is one pub in Adel and there is a restaurant/pub on the Otley Road around the corner from Gainsborough Avenue(Adel).

Adel is situated near the site of a Roman fort, the ancient road from Tadcaster to Ilkley passing nearby. (The footpath by the side of Long Causeway was said to be made from the original Roman stones, until they were removed by the council in the 1960s because they were unsafe. Some of the footpath has been replaced, starting at the junction between Long Causeway and Stairfoot Lane, and continuing up to the entrance of Bedquilts playing fields.) Several inscribed stones from the Romano-British period were discovered in Adel, also a number of Anglo-Saxon stones were discovered in the church foundations during restoration work in 1864. Some of these items are on display in the Leeds City Museum, Cookridge Street.

The Roman name for the area was Burgodunum. It is probable that a Saxon village sprang up around the fort and that a church was built in the village. Adel is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as Adele. Another spelling used until 1816 is Addle. Most recent authorities derive the name from the Old English adela ‘dirty, muddy place’,^[1] but arguments have also been made for a personal name Ada + Old English leah 'open ground, lea'^[2] (compare the terminus spelling of nearby Headingley DB: Hedingelei & hedingeleia).

The parish of Adel stretched to the River Wharfe in the north and included Adel, Arthington, Breary, Cookridge and Eccup.

In 1152 the nearby Cistercian abbey at Kirkstall was founded. At the same time, the church of St John the Baptist was built in Adel to replace the older Saxon building. Although the present church is Norman, it looks quite similar to the late 7th century Anglo-Saxon church in Ledsham village, ""the oldest church (and the oldest building) standing in West Yorkshire"".

The Church of St John the Baptist, Adel parish church, is described as ""one of the best and most complete Norman churches in Yorkshire"".^[3] It is a Grade I listed building; the sundial, mounting block and several memorials are Grade II listed.

It was built 1150-1170 and has been little altered since, although a bell-cote was added in 1838-39 by R. D. Chantrell. The doorway, protected by a modern wooden roof, has an ornately carved arch; inside, there are 81 decorative corbels on the north and south walls, and the chancel arch has 37 grotesque beakheads. The medieval font has an oak canopy by Eric Gill, and a leper's window survives in the chancel.

The doorknocker of Adel Church is a replica, as the original has been stolen. Because of thefts of stones from the graveyard, all the church's paving stones are engraved with crosses.

The paternal grandparents of The Duchess of Cambridge married at Adel Church in December 1946.^[4]

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city/ region=adel

period=post-war (1945 - present)

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size=continental/ modern (150x100mm)