Ledsham - All Saints

The village of Ledsham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ledesha and belonged to Ilbert de Lacy.

It is thought that there was a church in Ledsham as early as the eighth century, long before the Norman Conquest, and elements of the present parish church have been dated to the Anglo-Saxon period. Sometime in the 12th century, the church was donated by the de Lacey family to the priory in Pontefract (10 kilometres to the south).

The Norman/Romanesque belfry has a Perpendecular/Gothic spire and stands on an Anglo Saxon base. This may be the oldest still standing building in West Yorkshire.