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Howden church

church choir

church choir

with Rev Graham and organist Andrew Leach
church choir

church choir

with Archbishop Michael Ramsey 1961
church choir

church choir

with Archbishop Stuart Blanch 1978
church choir

church choir

1982
church reopening

church reopening

Archbishop Temple and choir after reopening of church in 1932 after fire damage
church Saltmarshe tomb

church Saltmarshe tomb

Saltmarshe tomb - possibly Sir Peter Saltmarshe d 1338
church Saltmarshe tomb

church Saltmarshe tomb

church sundial

church sundial

church interior

church interior

church reredos

church reredos

Howden church new reredos
church west front

church west front

View of west front of church and Cornmarket hill around 1900
churchyard

churchyard

church chapter house

church chapter house

chapter house interior about 1910
church

church

west front
firemen

firemen

outside church after 1929 fire in tower
aerial view

aerial view

shows churchside and street pattern
bellringers 1907

bellringers 1907

fire 1929

fire 1929

church west end

church west end

savings sign on churchside
fire daylight

fire daylight

shows damage to tower 1929
chapter house

chapter house

This lithograph after William Richardson "Entrance to the Chapter House, Howden", Yorkshire, was published about 1850. It was originally published in book form, for William Richardson's Abbeys of Yorkshire.
firemen

firemen

firemen and fallen bells 1929
east end ruins

east end ruins

viewed from interior

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