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Parish Church of St Oswald
Location	Collingham, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	The Parish of Collingham with Harewood
History
Dedication	St Oswald
Administration
Parish	Collingham and Harewood
Archdeaconry	Leeds
Diocese	Leeds
Province	York

St Oswald's Church is an active Anglican church in Collingham, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Harrogate deanery and Diocese of Leeds. The church is on the edge of the village on Wetherby Road.

History

The Old Vicarage; the new one is situated opposite.

Dedicated to Oswald of Northumbria, an Anglo-Saxon saint the church has Saxon origins, was rebuilt in the 15th century and restored and enlarged from 1840 to 1841. The tower was built in the 16th century and its clock was installed in 1891.

Church yard

The church graveyard contains the graves of Major General James Gunter (1833–1908), who served in the Crimean War, and Benjamin Eamonson (died 1867), who was its vicar for 29 years.

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