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==Religion== Traditionally, [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|non-conformist]] churches have predominated in Shipley and this is still the case to some extent today. There are four [[Methodist]] churches, which feature [[Victorian architecture]]. These are: Northcliffe on the site of a 'tin chapel',{{sfn|Burrows|p=13}} Crag Road, Saltaire and Christ Church at Windhill.<ref name="ShipChurch" /> Saltaire United Reformed Church was built in the [[Italianate]] style at the behest of [[Sir Titus Salt]] in 1859. It is a [[Grade I listed]] building.<ref name="SURC" /> [[File:St Pauls, Shipley, West Yorkshire.jpg|thumb|right|St Paul's, Shipley]] The first place of worship in Shipley was the Bethel [[Baptist]] Chapel in 1758, it was rebuilt in 1836 and demolished in the early 1970s and only part of the graveyard survives.{{sfn|Sheeran|1984|p=21}} A second Baptist chapel was built at Rosse Street near the town centre in 1865 and is still in use. There is a Victorian [[Salvation Army]] Citadel on Rhodes Place. Historically, Shipley was part of the [[parish]] of Bradford and did not have a church until well into the 19th century. The first [[Anglican]] church was the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] St Paul's on Kirkgate, consecrated by [[Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt|Edward Harcourt]], [[Archbishop of York]] in 1826.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=20}} It was built at a cost of [[Pre-decimal British Coinage#Pre-decimal coinage|Β£7,687.19s.3d]], a gift of the nation under the [[Million Act]],{{sfn|Burrows|p=12}} on land donated by John Wilmer Field, from the Shipley land-owning family.{{sfn|Sheeran|1984|p=21}} The parish of Shipley cum Heaton was created on 30 May 1828 by an [[order in council]] of [[George IV|King George IV]].{{sfn|Burrows|p=12}} St Paul's is one of an identical pair of churches with Wilsden Church.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=20}} A graveyard was added in 1860, but by 1895 this was full and additional land at Hirst Wood was consecrated.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=20}} The church seated 1,488 and has an organ built by Binns of Bramley in 1892.{{sfn|Burrows|p=6}} Other Anglican churches in the town are St Margaret's, Frizinghall and St Peter's in Moorhead Lane. The later was commissioned in 1888 as a daughter church for St Paul's and consecrated in 1909 by the [[William Boyd Carpenter|Bishop of Ripon]].{{sfn|Watson|1989|p=11}} The [[Roman Catholic Church]] of St Theresa Benedicta and St Walburga, usually referred to as St Walburga's is situated on Kirkgate.<ref name="ShipChurch" />
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