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When Alison's son died, she decided to buy the church in which his grave lay and turn it into an art gallery to display the work of young offenders...

1 of 5 Alison and her son Joe in the All Hallows Church art gallery 2 of 5 Some of the works of art in greater details 3 of 5 Joe with works of art by young offenders 4 of 5 All Hallows Church 5 of 5 A stained glass window from the now deconsecrated church

All Hallow's Church has stood for more than 400 years among woods and meadows, in the upland Yorkshire countryside between Huddersfield and Barnsley.

While the church itself has been deconsecrated for decades, the graveyard is still being used as the resting place for the villagers of High Hoyland. It is the place where Alison Johnson buried her son Sam, killed three years ago, at the age of only 19.

Just recently, Alison and her remaining son Joe heard that All Hallow's Church was coming up for sale. She decided to put her home on the market and buy the old Church. As an artist herself, she wanted to turn the building into an art gallery, showing off the work of young and adult offenders from some of Yorkshire's prisons.

Now, almost three years to the day since Sam was killed, Alison's art gallery has opened.