After the Factory Act [1833], it was used as a day school for
children working in the mills.
In 1839, it was superseded by the Shed School.
The Haley Hill School had been an integral part of Salem but
the ownership must have been inadequately secured, because Edward Akroyd claimed it for All Souls' in 1858.
It is said that the ejected scholars formed a sorry procession into
Halifax, more surprising because their teachers included two of
Edward's sisters
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Hoyle
Rev Charles Bamford was the first Minister [1755-1760].
Rev Joshua Wood obtained land in Pellon Lane for a new chapel – see
Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church
The title of Minster was originally given only to churches
associated with a monastery, such as
York Minster
and
Beverley Minster,
but it is now an honorific title given to selected churches, such
as Dewsbury Minster
John Briercliffe added a number of panels showing the arms of the
incumbents at the church, and he did much work in the church library.
Many of these arms are not legitimate with the College of Arms.
The panels were repainted around 1816.
Some were obliterated
This & associated entries use material contributed by Joanne Backhouse
Around 1481, Robert Waterhouse bequeathed 12d for the fabric
of the belfry.
The tower has ten musical bells, eight of which were purchased by
subscription in 1787 – when they were rung for 10½ hours.
Subscribers included
John Carter,
Samuel Gath,
William Holland,
Thomas Vaslet,
and
Rev Robert Wilkinson.
Chimes were installed in 1804.
A further two bells were added in 1814.
The church is considered to have one of the finest peals of bells in
the country.
There are 14 bells in the peal, which was recast in 1951, and re-hung
in 1993.
Some of the bells are inscribed
In 1760, the clock was adjusted to chime each quarter of the hour.
At the same time, an outside face was fixed to the west side of the
Tower.
A clock from the church was later installed at The Castle.
In 1774, Thomas Lister replaced the clock
There were originally 3 on each side of the chancel; now there are
3 in the Duke of Wellington's Chapel
2 more on the south wall
and 1 above the west door
They replaced earlier windows which bore the Royal arms.
See
Halifax Parish Church East Window
The later east window was produced by George Hedgeland from a
design which won a prize.
It was bought at the Great Exhibition in 1851.
It was completed in 1854 and was given to the town by Edward Akroyd
and installed in 1856.
It depicts the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Christ.
The stonework was repaired in 1951.
See
Halifax Parish Church Commonwealth Windows
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy
Because it was considered to be a relic of superstition, the font was
removed by Scottish soldiers in 1645, and returned in 1661.
At that time, the font cover hung alone in the church for 5 years,
until it was taken to the home of a Mr Hartley.
It is said that, during the 1600s, the font cover was hidden in the
Ring O' Bells in order to escape the depredations of Oliver Cromwell's men who strongly opposed any sign of decoration or
ornamentation or statues and had removed the font itself.
It was returned in 1660
See
The Monumental & Other Inscriptions in Halifax Parish Church
During the Civil War, when soldiers and their horses were billeted
in the Church, the Parliamentarians broke up the organ.
When the organ-builder, John Snetzler visited Halifax in the 1760,
Henry Bates negotiated with him for the installation of the organ.
The present Snetzler organ was installed in the West Gallery by
subscription.
The subscription started in 1764.
Snetzler was paid £525 for the organ.
Joah Bates opened the organ when it was first used on 11th July
1766.
It was inaugurated by William Herschel, the first organist.
Snetzler was present when the auditions for an
organist took place.
The organ had a total of 1,642 pipes.
The whole cost was £1,200, and, because of much opposition, the
parts were taken into the church under the cover of darkness.
The organ was extended 4 times in the 19th century.
In 1810, repairs were necessary.
In 1825, a pedal board was added.
In 1868, it was renovated, and an engine and feeder for water power
were installed by Messrs Hill of London.
In 1878, the organ was moved from the West Gallery to the Chancel
by Isaac Abbot of Leeds and rebuilt.
In 1879, a new case was designed by John Medlar.
In 1900, Clement Holdsworth erected the western screen for the
Organ.
In 1928, it was rebuilt by Messrs Harrison & Harrison of
Durham.
John W. Standeven gave £3,500 towards the cost of around
£7,000 on conditions that the public raised a like amount.
The reconstructed organ was consecrated on 3rd October 1929.
John W. Standeven unveiled the keyboard.
In 1976, it was overhauled by Messrs J. W. Walker and John
Clough.
See
A Brief History of the Organ of Halifax Parish Church and
Organists at Halifax Parish Church
The churchwardens of
Halifax,
Sowerby,
Northowram,
Upper Warley,
Lower Warley,
Ovenden,
Southowram,
Midgley,
Skircoat,
and
Shelf
had them placed at the north and east side of the Church.
In 1781, Charles Hoyland is recorded as painting the King's Arms and gates at the Church.
They were refurbished in 1878/1879.
They were refurbished in 2012.
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Glover
In 1781, Charles Hoyland is recorded as painting the King's
Arms and gates at the Church
It is inscribed
The gravestone of John Logan – who died in 1830 at the age of
105 – lies below the sundial
There was a gate further to east which allowed the Vicar to enter
from the Vicarage which stood on the opposite side of Church
Street.
See
Halifax Parish Church Railings
It is made of millstone grit.
The traces of colour on the stone suggest it dates from the period
1327-1377, and it may come from the earlier church on the site
In the 1960s, it was moved further west, to a position next to the
Parish Church School.
At the same time, the stocks were moved from the south side of
the Gate to the north side
See
Halifax Parish Church Railings
It is said to have been built by the Lacy and Savile families.
On 5th June 1628, the south-east pinnacle and corner of the tower
were struck by lightning and the stones which fell down damaged much
of the woodwork, slate and battlement.
In 1760, an outside face of the clock was fixed to the
west side of the Tower
In 1852, the vicar – Charles Musgrave – moved out of the Vicarage
to live at Savile Green.
In 1870, Musgrave sold the house and its extensive grounds to
the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Railway company, and the vicarage moved to Savile Green.
The goods and coal sidings later stood on the site.
There is now a car-park on the land.
This is discussed in the book
Sketches of Old Halifax.
See
Halifax Railway Station,
Halifax Vicarages and
Vicars of Halifax
This was
the second New Connexion Chapel in Halifax /
a daughter Chapel of Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade /
the head of the Methodist New Connexion Halifax South Division
[1856].
The foundation stone was laid on 1st October 1834.
The Chapel was constructed at a cost of £3,200 which included
£2,900 for the land.
£1,070 was raised by subscription.
The Chapel opened on 1st January 1836.
£603 8/- was raised in the first collections at the Chapel.
The building was 60 ft by 48 ft with a gallery.
An organ was installed by 1837 at a cost of £270.
There was a burial ground at the front and on the east
side.
There was a Sunday School beneath the main building.
A Temperance Society
is recorded in 1840.
The separate Hanover Methodist Sunday School was built in 1869.
The Chapel closed in March 1943.
In 1945, the building was bought by the Thespians for £2,500,
and converted into the Halifax Playhouse.
Productions began in September 1949.
The original covenant prevented the sale of alcohol on the premises,
but this was overturned in 1977 by mutual consent between the
trustees of the Chapel and the Thespians.
See
Hanover Methodist Memorial, Halifax,
Wilkinson Pickles,
Alfred Ramsden and
Samuel Whiteley
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Hoyle & Alan Longbottom
By 1874, this too needed a bigger home.
John Mackintosh urged that a site be acquired on Queens Road and
St Andrew's Methodist Chapel, Queens Road, opened in 1877
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Hoyle
See
All Saint's Church, Harley Wood and
Todmorden & Lancashire
In 1834, a number of people left Square Chapel, being unhappy with
Rev Alexander Ewing there, and held meetings in Halifax Sessions Court House on Union Street.
Their new Chapel opened on 19th July 1837 at a cost of £4,000.
Member of the congregation – many of whom contributed towards the
cost – included
This was the 3rd Independent chapel in Halifax.
There was a Sunday School in the basement.
The organ was built by William Holt [1838].
On
28th November 1838,
Mrs Sunderland sang at a performance of the Messiah to celebrate
the inauguration of the organ.
Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
In 1972, the name was changed to United Reformed Church, Halifax.
The Chapel, gates and railings are listed.
The former Harrison Road School stands next door.
See
Samuel Henry Hamer,
Park Congregational Church, Halifax,
Sion Branch Congregational Sunday School, Bank Top War Memorial and
United Reformed Church, Carlton Street Memorial
Recorded in 1964
It is now known as Heath United Reformed Church.
See
William Birtwhistle and
Heath Congregational Church Memorial
Father Tillman was appointed as the first parish priest for Hebden
Bridge and Luddendenfoot
It was built on the site of Salem Wesleyan Chapel, Hebden Bridge in
1975.
See
Hebden Bridge Methodist Church Memorial
There are an estimated 100,000 burials in the old graveyard which
lies between the 2 Churches.
Others were buried inside the old Church.
This is discussed in the book
Our Home & Country.
In 1911, Gamaliel Sutcliffe gave land for a new graveyard
and the old graveyard was closed to new burials in 1915.
See
Chantry House, Heptonstall
The new St Thomas the Apostle, Heptonstall was built in 1850-1854
On 14th August 1927, a new cemetery was dedicated
Heywood built a new Chapel which opened on 8th July 1688.
See
Ebenezer Methodist Church, Northowram,
Heywood's Chapel War Memorial,
Heywood's Chapel Graveyard,
Ministers at Heywood's Chapel and
Northowram United Reformed Church
On 8th November 1879, a second burial ground was presented by Mrs Fred Crowther who had received it as a gift from Major Michael Stocks
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4
This came into being in 1977 as a result of the amalgamation of
Fairfield Church, Queens Road and Pellon Methodist Church.
Construction of the present church began in 1978.
It was designed and built by Lanner Limited of Wakefield.
It was extended in 2007
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe
See
James Gaukroger,
Octagonal Methodist Chapel, Heptonstall and
Wesleyan Methodist
It was built by Benjamin Walker as a school
for the young workers in his coal mines at Clifton.
It opened as a Methodist chapel in 1855.
This was the first Methodist chapel in Clifton.
In 1875, it was superseded by the United Methodist Free Church, Clifton
A new Church began in 1908 as an off-shoot of Square Congregational Church.
On 27th June 1914, the sod cutting ceremony took place for the new
Church at a site in a corner of a field near West View Park.
On 5th September 1914, the stone laying ceremony took place.
The Church opened on 1st September 1915.
See
Herbert Horace Clee and
Warley War Memorial
Designed in Geometric Early English style by William Ives
to replace the earlier Mount Pleasant Chapel.
Sir H. W. Ripley laid the foundation stone on 18th March 1870.
The cost was about £2,000.
The construction was of Northowram wallstones with freestone
dressings.
It was 80 ft long, 37 ft wide, and externally 50 ft in height, with
minister's and other vestries at the back.
The interior was divided into 6 bays; the roof was an open one, with
circular bindings, supported on stone corbels.
A gallery at the west end, over the entrance and vestibule
accommodated 180 persons.
The interior of stained and varnished yellow pine accommodated a
further 298 sittings on the ground floor.
The contractors included
Messrs Fletcher & Sharp of Hipperholme (masons),
G. Townend of Halifax (joiner),
Joseph Bancroft & Sons (plasterers),
and
Messrs Firth & Son (plumbers).
The total amount of the contract was £1953.
One-third of the cost was given by the trustees of the
late William Heap, and the balance raised by subscription.
In 1888, the chapel was renovated, and the school – and a
chapel-keeper's house – were added.
In 1912, the Sunday School was built next door.
There is no burial ground associated with the Church.
In 2003, the Church amalgamated with Lightcliffe United Reformed Church and is known as Christ Church.
In 2006, a £500,000 project redesigned the interior and
exterior of the building.
See
Hipperholme Wesleyan Methodist Graveyard,
Sir Henry William Ripley and
Wesleyan Methodist
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Williams
Question:
Does anyone know if there is/was a burial ground for Hipperholme Wesleyan Methodist Chapel?
There is a 17th century credence table which was presented by
the Waterhouse family.
Two houseling benches are used as altar rails.
Those buried in the chapel include
Eli Bentley,
Rev Oliver Heywood,
Robert Holdsworth,
Margaret Prescott,
William Prescott and
Robert Stockdale.
Of Holdsworth and his chapel, it has been written
and
See
Halifax Parish Church 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
Those interred here include:
The tomb was repaired in 1981, by which time all the name plates had
been removed
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anita Watson
See
St Andrew's Church, Holmfield
Question:
Does anyone know anything about the Chapel? its dates? its location?
See
Holmfield Primitive Methodist Sunday School
See
Benjamin Booth,
Christ Church, Todmorden Graveyard,
Holy Trinity War Memorial, Halifax,
Parish of Holy Trinity,
Holy Trinity Vicarage, Halifax and
James Argyll Spalding Inglis
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anthony Buckless
The church closed in 1956, and in 1978, it was declared redundant.
The graveyard is closed but still there
The following people, and/or members of their family,
are recorded here:
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4
It was listed as 21 Balmoral Place [1911, 1936].
The first services were conducted by
Rev Thomas Michael of Halifax,
Rev D. Crumpton of Salendine Nook Baptist Church,
Rev Joseph Hirst of Blackley,
and
Rev W. Watts of Golcar
This is now a part of the Stainland Graveyard.
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso
The Particular Baptist Church was opened on 17th June 1858 by John Crook in Hebden Bridge when the congregation moved from the
Ebenezer Baptist Church.
The building cost £3750.
In 1880, the interior was refitted and beautified.
The organ was installed in 1865.
In November 1888, it was reopened after having been considerably
enlarged at a cost of nearly £300.
On 12th August 1900, it was used for the last time before being
dismantled – by Peter Conachar & Company of Huddersfield – and
moved to Roomfield Baptist Chapel.
On 29th September 1900, a new 3-manual organ – by Foster &
Andrews of Hull – was opened at the Church and
In 1899, further structural alterations were made at a cost of
£13,000.
In 1911, a school extension was completed at a cost of £4,000
which included a gift of £1,500 from Alderman Wade.
In 2009, there were proposals to refurbish the Church as the John Fawcett Centre, but this was not implemented.
In 2011, a victim of the recession, a £1m project to renovate
the church was abandoned.
At the same time, the Church was unable to support a Pastor, and Rev Marcus Bull gave his last service on Easter Sunday 2011.
In 2017 – the 200th anniversary of the death of Dr John Fawcett – the Church was extensively refurbished.
See
Daniel J. Crossley,
Hope Baptist Church Memorial and
Sowerby Bridge Baptist Church
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Cant, Rodney Collinge & David Smith
Haley Hill Methodist New Connexion Church Ref 5-417 Haley Hill, Parish of Ref 5-766 Haley Hill Particular Baptists Ref 5-357 Halifax Corporation Cemetery Ref 5-H541 Halifax Methodist Circuit Ref 5-390 Halifax Minster Ref 5-491
The Halifax Minster Church of St John the Baptist
Halifax Parish Church Ref 5-H45 Halifax Parish Church: Arms on the Ceiling Ref 5-H1378 Halifax Parish Church: Bells Ref 5-847
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy
Halifax Parish Church: Chapel of the Resurrection Ref 5-886 Halifax Parish Church: Clock Ref 5-753 Halifax Parish Church: Commonwealth Windows Ref 5-H1338 
Halifax Parish Church: East Window Ref 5-H1359
Halifax Parish Church: Fabric Ref 5-848
Halifax Parish Church: Font Cover Ref 5-H1354
Halifax Parish Church: Grave Cover Ref 5-H3468
Halifax Parish Church Graveyard Ref 5-701 Halifax Parish Church: Memorials Ref 5-714
Halifax Parish Church: Organ Ref 5-H3539
Halifax Parish Church: Railings Ref 5-843
Halifax Parish Church: Royal Arms Ref 5-849 Halifax Parish Church: Sundial Ref 5-H880
Lat. 53. 10' 16" True as the Dial to thy Sun... it is not shone upon
Wm Lawrence |... Illingworth Robt Abbott | John Sutcliffe
Church wardens |... 1808
Halifax Parish Church: The South Gate Ref 5-844 Halifax Parish Church: The Tonsured Monk Ref 5-856
Halifax Parish Church: The West Gate Ref 5-751
Halifax Parish Church: Tower Ref 5-H1375 Halifax Parish Church Vicarage Ref 5-811 
Halifax Vicarage Ref 5-812
Hanover Methodist Chapel, Halifax Ref 5-H111
associated with Hanover-street Chapel Sunday School
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Hanover Methodist Graveyard, Halifax Ref 5-646
Hanson Lane Methodist New Connexion Church Ref 5-670 Harley Wood Church Ref 5-256 Harley Wood, Parish of Ref 5-H2822 Harley Wood Vicarage, Todmorden Ref 5-934 Harrison Road Chapel, Halifax Ref 5-H1
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Hartshead church Ref 5-H292 Hartshead Wesleyan Chapel Ref 5-H483 Harvester Reformational Church, Halifax Ref 5-671
Heath Church Ref 5-660 Heath Congregational Church, Halifax Ref 5-353
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Heath United Reformed Church, Halifax Ref 5-H51
Hebden Bridge Baptist Church Ref 5-762 
Hebden Bridge Catholic Mission Ref 5-513 Hebden Bridge Methodist Church Ref 5-H327
Hebden Bridge Parish Church Ref 5-827 Heptonstall graveyard Ref 5-650
Heptonstall Octagonal Chapel Ref 5-733 Heptonstall Parish Church Ref 5-298
Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery Ref 5-H763 
Heptonstall Vicarage Ref 5-810
Hepzibah Baptist Church, Sowerby Ref 5-271 Heywood's Chapel, Northowram Ref 5-85
Heywood's Graveyard, Northowram Ref 5-553
Highgate Methodist Church, Ovenden Ref 5-898
Highgate Wesleyan Church, Pellon Ref 5-3
Highgate Wesleyan Methodist Church, Heptonstall Ref 5-344
Ministers at the Church have included
Highmoor Lane Methodist Chapel, Clifton Ref 5-115
Highroad Well Congregational Church Ref 5-H312
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Highroad Well, Warley & Luddendenfoot United Reformed Church Ref 5-100
Hill End Presbyterian Church, Mixenden Ref 5-325 Hipperholme Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Ref 5-H307
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Hipperholme Wesleyan Methodist Graveyard Ref 5-903
Holdsworth Chapel Ref 5-H192
The clumsy buttresses and gargoyles of [the chapel] are degenerate
copies of the graceful features of the York Minster roof, and ought
never to have been so near the ground [Canon Savage 1906]
If Dr Holdsworth had lived nearer to the heavens, posterity would
have paid him honour [T. W. Hanson]
Holdsworth family tomb at All Saints' Church, Dudwell Ref 5-896
Holmfield Mission Church Ref 5-385 Holmfield Primitive Methodist Chapel Ref 5-752
Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York Ref 5-927 Holy Trinity Church, Halifax Ref 5-109 
Holy Trinity Graveyard, Halifax Ref 5-574
Holy Trinity Church, Littleborough Ref 5-866 
Holy Trinity Graveyard, Littleborough Ref 5-867
Holy Trinity Church, Savile Park Road Ref 5-19 Holy Trinity Graveyard, Queensbury Ref 5-877
Holy Trinity, Parish of Ref 5-H9002 Holy Trinity Vicarage, Halifax Ref 5-813 Holywell Green Baptist Church Ref 5-364 Holywell Green Congregational Church Ref 5-81 Holywell Green United Reformed Graveyard Ref 5-567
Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Ref 5-H90
contained 40 stops, 6 couplers, 3 composition pedals, and cost
£1,097
Pastors at the Church have included
Huddersfield Parish Church Ref 5-789 Hurstwood Baptist Church, Todmorden Ref 5-505
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