The Diocese of Hallam was founded on 30 May 1980, and is the newest Catholic diocese in England. It incorporates parts formerly in the dioceses of Leeds and Nottingham and consists of the county of South Yorkshire, parts of the High Peak and Chesterfield districts of Derbyshire, and the district of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire. It is a suffragan diocese in the Province of Liverpool, and is subject to the Archdiocese of Liverpool. The cathedral is in Sheffield, and is dedicated to St Marie. 73 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2015).
An impressive multipurpose church, hall and presbytery of the late 1980s, with a striking hexagonal form and interior... Read More
A fine church by J. A. Hansom with minor additions by the same architect and commendably restrained north extensions.... Read More
A small, neat, modern suburban church built in the 1960s as a chapel-of-ease, and designed to serve as a parish hall to... Read More
A pleasing low-key design of the 1950s by R. A. Ronchetti, built to serve an interwar housing estate.During the... Read More
A large church built to serve a mining community in 1956, built on a wide staggered longitudinal plan, possibly... Read More
An economical brick Gothic Revival design, built in the interwar years with volunteer labour to serve a poor mining... Read More
A plain, brick church with a portal frame, built to serve a post-war housing estate. The population of Thrybergh... Read More
A carefully-detailed Perpendicular Gothic design by M. E. Hadfield & Son, built with the support of two wealthy... Read More
A functional portal-framed structure, built in 1961 to serve post-war estates to the east of Rotherham.... Read More
An unusual, possibly unique example of a Catholic church built using the CLASP method of prefabricated construction,... Read More
A modest interwar Gothic church, altered internally.At the beginning of the twentieth century new coal mines were... Read More
A striking hexagonal design of the Post-Vatican II period, its tall needle spire acting as a local landmark. The... Read More
