RADCLIFFE Parish Church now has a link with Windsor Castle as both are adorned with work by Ilkley-based artist Graeme Willson.

He created a painted panel for the church's aumbry, as well as a large painting which hangs above the altar in the side chapel.

The works were blessed on Sunday (March 9) in a special ceremony after Evensong by the Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch.

The artwork on the panel represents the themes of the Eucharist: bread and wine, corn and grapes, a new creation.

Mr Willson, whose work also hangs in Windsor Castle and York Minster, has incorporated the chapel's existing artwork and wooden carvings into the picture.

And the altar painting is entitled "The Mystic Rose', in honour of the church's Patron Saint, the Blessed Virgin Mary, to whom the church has been dedicated for more than 700 years. Money for the projects was donated by people in memory of loved ones.