St Luke's Church, Holbeck

We are very grateful to Eric Beety, former Church Warden of St Luke's, for this excellent history of St Luke's from it's inception up to 2004. As we move forward in our mission and ministry, further sections will be added to document the full history of this Church.

ST. LUKE’S: PREHISTORY
THE REVD. JOHN   R. LOBLEY   B.A.                             1868  -  1887
THE REVD. EDWIN T. BIRCH REYNARDSON  M.A.    1887  -  1905
THE REVD. AMBROSE GARLICK  M.A.                         1906  -  1912
THE REVD. BERNARD S. COCKIN  M.A.                       1913   - 1916
THE REVD. JOHN R. WURTZBURG  M.A.                      1916   - 1918
THE REVD. W. E. SMITH  M.A.                                        1918  -  1936
THE REVD. ERIC W. LAWSON                                        1936  -  1945
THE REVD. A. EDWARD BEAUMONT                            1946   - 1954
THE REVD. ROBERT GRAHAM  B.D.                              1955   - 1958
THE REVD. HENRY W. SUMMERS                                 1959  -  1965
THE REVD. FRANK A. CHAPPELL  B.A.                        1965  -  1973
THE REVD. JOHN R. HOLMES  B.A.                               1973 -   1986
THE REVD. CHRISTOPHER P. JOHNSON  B.TH           1988  -   1997
THE REVD. PETER JACKSON  B.A                                 1997  -   2004

APPENDIX: PASTORAL LETTER WRITTEN BY THE REVD. W. E. SMITH