St Leonard, Dinnington
St Leonard, Dinnington
St Leonard's is the Church of England parish church on Church Lane in Dinnington, South Yorkshire, in the Diocese of Sheffield: a Victorian rebuilding of a much older site, enlarged for the colliery town and still used daily for worship.
- Location
- Dinnington, Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Yorkshire
- City / town
- Dinnington
- Address
- Church Lane, Dinnington, Yorkshire, S25 2LT
- Postcode
- S25 2LT
- Built
- Nave and part of chancel rebuilt 1868; north aisle and south porch 1906; narthex 1985-86; church on the site since the 11th century
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Leonard
- Diocese
- Sheffield
- Parish
- Dinnington St Leonard
- Style
- Victorian Gothic
- Opening hours
- Monday to Saturday 10am to 11.30am.
- Access
- Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas. Level access throughout. Accessible toilets in church
Overview
The parish history records a church at Dinnington founded by William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, before his death in 1088; that building was destroyed by fire around 1318. A later medieval church, said to have retained a Norman tower base and pillars, was demolished in 1785 when Robert Athorpe, lord of the manor, built a new church on the same site and changed the dedication from St Nicholas to St Leonard. In 1868 John Carver Athorpe rebuilt the nave and part of the chancel. The church was enlarged further: a north aisle and south porch were added in 1906 to serve the growing colliery congregation, and a two-storey narthex was built in 1985-86.
The parish notes Kempe windows in the north aisle and a Miners' Memorial Screen in the narthex commemorating those who died at Dinnington Main Colliery before its closure in 1991. The National Union of Mineworkers Yorkshire Area, Dinnington Branch, banner was presented at a service on 20 October 1991. The building is not listed; the medieval parish church of St John at Throapham, nearby, is separately listed. Local accounts give 1911 as a further chancel phase.