The church of St. Mark, was erected in 1855 at a cost of about £2,500, chiefly defrayed by the Earl of Cranbrook, who also augmented the endowment bestowed upon it by his late father Mr. John Hardy esq. The church is a building of stone consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, north and south porches and a tower with spire containing one bell. In the north chapel is the organ. A new chancel was erected in 1892 by Lawrence Hardy Esq., M.P., of Royds hall at a cost of £2000, and decorated by the parishioners at further cost of £800. Messrs. Mallinson and Healey of Bradford were the architects of the church. There are seven other memorial windows in the church, one of these was lately erected as a memorial of the Rev. R. Wood Loosemore, who was appointed vicar of the parish in 1857 and held it until 1867. This window is placed in the north transept by the old parishioners and friends as a tribute of respect and esteem to Mr. Loosemore. The window is an excellent design to represent St. Wilfrid the patron saint and founder of Ripon Cathedral, and has been beautifully executed by Messrs. Powell Bros., of Leeds. It was dedicated on Sunday evening 18th January 1903 by the Vicar (Rev. Edwin Davis, M.A.) after evensong. The next important window is that erected to the late lamented F.W. Milligan, of Royds Hall. Who fell in the attempted relief of Mafeking, South Africa, on the 31st March 1900, which was erected as mark of esteem and respect by those who knew him and loved him. The register dates from the year 1857. The living is in the gift of the Earl of Cranbrook and is held by the Rev. E. Davis M.A., who was appointed in 1894
There is a graveyard with simple memorials as is usual in the Moravian Church. These will just give a name, year/date of death and sometimes the age or date of birth. Blackburn visited the graveyard in 1929.
The baptism and burial records have not been deposited with the West Yorkshire Archives and are currentlčy still held by the church
At the posted Co-ords You will see a notice board which tells you what you need to know to solve this puzzle.
AD27E 6A6377
Now head in to the church yard and find the following
Joseph Childe who died F0 Years
Jarrad died aged 2C Years
No of letters in their Surname - 1 = B
N53.45.ABC
W001.46.DEF
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