TST: Churches information for Whiston and places above it in the hierarchy

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Churches information for Whiston and places above it in the hierarchy

Whiston

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Whiston. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Cuthbert's Church, Whiston.
- The Methodist Church, Whiston.
- The United Reformed Church, Herringthorpe.
- The Methodist Church, Broom.
Whiston Parish Church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was usually described as "the Parish Church of St James". Canon Raine, an eminent church historian of the 19th cent., stated that "St James" was a modern ascription and that the original dedication was St Mary Magdalene. The "St James" ascription was most likely adopted under Puritan influence"
"The parish, now greatly reduced in area compared with earlier centuries, was formerly in the old Deanery of Doncaster which formed a part of the Archdeaconry of York within the Diocese of York. In 1884 the parishes of the old Deanery of Doncaster became part of the newly formed Archdeaconry of Sheffield, still within the Diocese of York. Whiston`s immediate administrative ties with York were finally severed in 1913 when the Diocese of Sheffield was created."
Extract from "The Parish Church of St.Mary Magdalene, Whiston" by John D. Griffin (1967).
The Patron is now the Bishop of Sheffield.

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In our travels around Yorkshire taking photographs, my wife Pauline and I often come across buildings which appear to have been Churches or Chapels. Some of these buildings we cannot identify - can you help?