William Kelly B.A 

Reverend William Kelly M.A. was born circa 1816 at Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin 1837-8 and was ordained by the Bishop of Ripon in 1842. Vicar of St Paul’s, Shipley, from 1845 – 1884, at 38 years the longest serving vicar. He married Sarah Eleanor Raywood in 1851 at Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1884 at Llandudno, Wales, aged 68. Buried in St Paul’s churchyard.

It was said that he was “widely respected and endeared himself by his tact and kindliness.” Also he was a faithful preacher and a man of genial and uniform temperament, which gained him many friends. A window in the South Aisle also recalls his memory.