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| location             =[[Middleton, Leeds]]
| country              = England
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| denomination         = [[Church of England]]
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| website              = [http://www.parishofmiddleton.co.uk/ Parish of Middleton]
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| architect            = F.L.Charlton
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| completed date       = 1933
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| materials            = Concrete frame, Brick faced
| parish               = Middleton
| deanery              = Armley
| archdeaconry         = Leeds
| diocese              = [[Anglican Diocese of Leeds|Leeds]]
| province             = [[Province of York|York]]
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'''The Church of St Cross''' is in [[Middleton, Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], England. It is an active [[Anglican]] church and part of the [[Armley]] [[deanery]] in the [[Archdeacon of Leeds|archdeaconry of Leeds]], [[Anglican Diocese of Leeds|Diocese of Leeds]].<ref name ="AO">{{Citation |title=The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds |url=http://www.riponleeds.anglican.org/about_us_map.html|publisher=anglican.org |access-date=23 June 2010 }}</ref><ref name ="Bells">{{Citation |title=The Deanery of Armley |url=http://www.riponandleedsbells.org.uk/armley.htm|publisher=Ripon and Leeds Bells |access-date=23 June 2010}}</ref>
==History==
The [[parish]] of St Cross was taken out of the extensive parish of Middleton after the Middleton [[council housing]] estate was built in the 1920s and the population in the area increased dramatically. [[St Mary the Virgin's Church, Middleton|St Mary's Church]] acquired a site on which to build a mission church and a temporary wooden building was erected in 1925 with funds from the [[Leeds Church Extension Society]].<ref name="Ill p6">{{harvnb|Illing|1971|p=6}}</ref> A permanent church was built in 1933 with funding from the diocese.<ref name="Ill p6"/> St Cross was created a separate parish in July 1935.
A complete set of coins for 1933, including a [[History of the British penny (1901–1970)|1933 penny]], one of only seven known examples, was buried when the church's foundation stone was laid. The coins were found in 1970 to have been stolen.<ref>{{citation |title=1933 penny |url=https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collection/coins/1933-penny |publisher=Royal Mint Museum |access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref>
==Structure==
The church was designed in the Early Christian style by F.L.Charlton for the Church Forward Movement. It has a [[concrete]] frame and is clad in [[brick]].<ref name="Pev 561">{{harvnb|Leach|Pevsner|2009|p=561}}</ref>
===Exterior===
The church has five bays with narrow single light rounded windows to the [[nave]] and a [[clerestory]] of narrow closely spaced rounded arched windows.<ref name="Pev 561"/> The church has a north east Italianate [[campanile]]-style bell tower with a single bell.<ref name="Bells"/> The tower is 60 feet high.<ref name="R&P">{{citation |title=Religion and Place in Leeds A survey and Gazetteer of Places of Worship 1900-2005 |url=http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/020_2008WEB.pdf |format=PDF |page=17 |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323162640/http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/020_2008WEB.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2012 }}</ref>
===Interior===
The [[nave]] is spanned by broad Gothic arches and there are five [[Bay (architecture)|bay]] arcades with rounded arches. The walls are plastered.<ref name ="R&P"/>
The [[altar]], [[credence table]] and [[lectern]] were designed by Charlton and made by [[Robert (Mouseman) Thompson|Robert Thompson]] of [[Kilburn, North Yorkshire|Kilburn]] who also made the [[aisle]] screens. The [[pulpit]] is from St John at [[Adel, Leeds|Adel]] and a 19th-century [[Baptismal font|font]] came from [[Ainderby Steeple]]. A [[crucifix]] made in [[Oberammergau]] came from Christ Church in [[Hunslet]].<ref name="Pev 561"/>
The interior was altered in 1982 when the rear two bays were partitioned to form a parish room and kitchen.<ref name ="R&P"/>
==References==
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'''Bibliography'''
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*{{citation |last=Illing |first=Rev. E. J. |title=A History of the Parish of Middleton and its Parish Church |publisher= Middleton Parish Church |year=1971 }}
*{{Citation|last =Leach|first =Peter|last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| title =The Buildings of England: Yorkshire West Riding, Leeds, Bradford and the North|publisher =[[Yale University Press]]| year =2009 | location =New Haven and London| isbn =978-0-300-12665-5 }}
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