The Leeds Church Extension Society is a
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...
organisation which funds church and clergy developments in the
City of Leeds
Leeds, also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Gar ...
. It was founded in 1864 to help build churches and to pay for clergy in the rapidly expanding city. It became incorporated in 1905.
Churches funded include St. Silas in
Hunslet
Hunslet () is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of the Leeds city centre, city centre and has an industrial past.
It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside (ward), Hunslet and Riverside ward of Lee ...
,
St. Cross in
Middleton,
St. Augustine's Wrangthorne and St. Paul's in
Ireland Wood
Ireland Wood is a small residential area in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England named after the Woodland Trust wood which it contains. It is approximately to the north-west of Leeds city centre. It was planned by the Leeds Housing Direct ...
.
History of the Society
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References
Leeds
1864 establishments in England
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