The Parish of Sandal Magna
St. Helen's and St. Paul's Church
Serving Sandal, Walton and Portobello
in Wakefield.

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(Parish official site)
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St. Helen's Church and the Watertons
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Part of our English Heritage St. Helen's Church is a listed building. Find out more on Images of England. IoE Number: 441433 Location: CHURCH OF ST HELEN, BARNSLEY ROAD (east side) WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE Date listed: 14 July 1953 Grade B

Saint Helen (St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican)

The Church of Sandal Magna is dedicated to St. Helen, the mother of Constantine the Great, and is one of the six churches in Yorkshire so dedicated. The festival of St. Helen is celebrated on 18th August.

The church pre-dates the Domesday Book, although it was replaced by another in the 12th century by Earl de Warenne of Sandal Castle. Later it was enlarged and then almost completely rebuilt in the 14th century, followed, over the years, by further enlargement and restoration. © John S. Sargent 27th July 2009.John S. Sargent 27th July 2009.	The Service of the Crosses, the Good Friday Devotional Service at Sandal Castle, 22nd April 2011. This is an annual Churches Together in Wakefield event with processions of crosses from three different locations in Sandal converging on the castle.
The interior of St. Helen's, possibly circa 1908.	St. Helen's. © John S. Sargent 27th July 2009.
St. Helen's. © John S. Sargent 27th July 2009.	Saint Helen (circa 250 - 330 AD) (Latin: Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta) also known as Saint Helena, Saint Elena, Helena Augusta and Helena of Constantinople The sarcophagus of St. Helen is in the Vatican Museums. She is believed by some to have been a British princess; others believe that she came from the Roman province of Bithynia in Asia Minor. She was the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine. The poor and destitute were, it seems, the special objects of her charity.
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