Holy Trinity Church                                                            Increase text size to: Large | Normal

We don`t know how long a church has stood on this site. The Domesday Book (1086) refers to three churches in the Manor of Bramley and it is reasonable to assume that one of them stood here. The oldest parts of the present church are the chancel and the tower, dating from the Twelfth Century.

With the increasing population of Bramley during the Nineteenth Century the medieval nave and south chapel were demolished and replaced by the present north aisle and nave (1850) and south aisle (1875). Forty years ago the church was reordered with the organ being removed from the chancel and rebuilt at the west end of the nave and a new altar introduced in front of the rood screen to reflect the corporate nature of worship. A hall was built on the north side of the church, one of the first in the diocese to be erected on the consecrated land of a churchyard.

A screened Children’s Chapel was created last year in the area under the tower. The Parish Room has just been refurbished, with additional storage facilities, a patio made on the south side of it and step-free access. The church is here for the local community and this work has been undertaken with that in mind.

For over eight centuries people have come here to respond to the mystery of God who has made himself known to us in Jesus, bringing their hopes and fears, gratitude and grief, joy and sadness, expressed in corporate worship, personal prayer and silence. It is open every day from 8a.m. to 6p.m.