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Sacred Heart & Saint Bernard's Catholic Church, HalifaxRef 5-S474

Sacred Heart & Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, Sowerby BridgeRef 5-S403
Bolton Brow.

Recorded around 1910.

On 26th October 1919, the foundation stone was laid for the new Church.

On 8th April 1934, the foundation stone was laid for a new Church on the site of Broadgates, Sowerby Bridge.

This opened on 16th October 1934

 
Priests at the Church have included


 

Saint Aidan's Chapel, LightcliffeRef 5-870
A Chapel within St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe.

See St Matthew's Memorials, Lightcliffe

Saint Aidan's Church Mission, WalsdenRef 5-251
Bacup Road.

Established around 1912.

Originally this was Friths Old Mill, and then the Church Mission, Shade.

The Church closed in 19??.

The building was still in use as workshops [2008].

See St Aidan's Church Memorial

Saint Aidan's Mission Church, Bailiff BridgeRef 5-71
Bradford Road. Opened around 1884. The pulpit was carved by Harry Percy Jackson.

It was used as a carpet warehouse by T. F. Firth & Company.

Bailiff Bridge British School was here.

The building fell into disrepair.

The building is currently [September 2008] available for redevelopment.

See St Aidan's Mission Church, Bailiff Bridge War Memorial

Saint Aidan's Mission, WainstallsRef 5-495
Kell Butts. Formerly Kell School. It is now a private house

Saint Alban's Catholic Church, HalifaxRef 5-106
Abbey Walk South. Opened in November 1954. It was a daughter church for St Mary's Church, Gibbet Street.

 
Priests at the Church have included


 

Saint Andrew's Chapel of Ease, BrighouseRef 5-137
Opened 18??.

Closed 19??.

See Chapel of ease

Saint Andrew's Church, BrighouseRef 5-145
Formerly Thornhill Briggs School

Saint Andrew's Church, StainlandRef 5-S388
This superseded St Bartholomew's Chapel which was built on the site in 1754.

See St Andrew's, Stainland Memorial, St Andrew's Church, Stainland Graveyard, Stainland Cross and Stainland Vicarage

Saint Andrew's Methodist Chapel, HalifaxRef 5-S357
Queens Road.

Opened in 1877 when Hanson Lane Methodist New Connexion Church became full. It was a daughter church to Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade.

Joseph Mackintosh and family were members of the Chapel.

In the first part of the 20th century, they had a thriving and popular operatic society

Closed in October 1952.

The Church was demolished in the 1960s

Saint Andrew's Methodist Church, Huddersfield RoadRef 5-S370
Halifax. Built on the site of Stafford Square Wesleyan Church.

Opened 1965.

The congregations from 4 local Methodist churches – including St John's Methodist Church, Prescott Street - moved to here

Saint Andrew's Mission Church, HolmfieldRef 5-S398
Beechwood Road.

Built in 1897.

John Taylor Ramsden contributed a large amount towards the cost.

 
Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

The Church closed in December 2019.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP203): Baptisms [1897-1954], Banns [1967-1978] and Marriages [1967-1988].

See Holmfield Mission Church, Ramsden House, Holmfield and St Andrew's Sunday School, Holmfield

Saint Andrew's, Stainland: GraveyardRef 5-642
The graveyard for St Andrew's Church, Stainland

Saint Anne's Cemetery, SouthowramRef 5-881
By the 1920s, the Churchyard at St Anne's Church, Southowram was full, a new burial ground was established, supported by voluntary subscriptions.

The new burial ground stands opposite the Church, next to the former National School, and was consecrated by Dr Eden, Bishop of Wakefield, on 9th June 1928.

After that date, burials in the 2 sections might be differentiated as Old Ground and New Ground.

Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, SouthowramRef 5-S185
Aka Briers Chapel, Chapel-le-Briers, Chapel-le-Grove, Lacey's Chapel, St Anne's in the Briers, and Southowram Parish Church.

See Wilson Marshall, Harold Vauzey Richardson, Amos Robinson, St Anne's, Southowram War Memorial, St Anne's, Southowram Graveyard, St Anne's Sabbath School, Southowram, St Peter's Mission Church, Brookfoot and Southowram Vicarage

Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram: FontRef 5-874
The font from the old chapel at Southowram was taken to the new Church of 1816

It is said that Cromwell's soldiers sharpened their swords on the stone

Saint Anne's in the Grove Churchyard, SouthowramRef 5-571
The Churchyard of St Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram.

By the 1920s, the Churchyard was full, and further space was necessary.

The new Annexe stands opposite the Church, next to the former National School, and was consecrated by Dr Eden, Bishop of Wakefield, on 9th June 1928.

After that date, burials in the 2 sections might be differentiated as Old Ground and New Ground.

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #3

Saint Augustine's Church, PellonRef 5-S194
Hanson Lane, Halifax.

The Church was built by public subscription in 1872-1875. The corner stone was laid on 3rd June 1873 at a ceremony conducted

with Masonic formalities

by Colonel Akroyd, Samuel Waterhouse and Bishop Ryan.

It accommodated 750 people.

A new west window was unveiled on 19th May 1912.

On 8th May 1927, memorial tablets were unveiled at the Church.

The church closed in 197?, when meetings were transferred to the nearby St Augustine's School.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The Church runs St Augustine's Centre, offering a valuable service to the local community

There is a memorial to the murdered missionary, Miss Edith Nettleton in the Church.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP183): Baptisms [1872-1971], Banns [1876-1963] and Marriages [1876-1988].

See California, St Augustine's War Memorial and St Augustine's Vicarage, Pellon

Saint Augustine's Vicarage, HalifaxRef 5-829
The vicarage of St Augustine's Church, Pellon was designed by C. F. L. Horsfall and with work by Richard Coad. The Bradford Daily Telegraph [Thursday 10th January 1889] reported


Gas Explosion at Pellon Vicarage.

The police are investigating the circumstances of an explosion at Pellon Vicarage on Wednesday. The building received such a shake that it will be unlikely to inhabit any portion of it until it has been overhauled. The Sexton, Mr Morning, is progressing favourably in the Halifax Infirmary.

Mr Morning and his servant were in the Vicarage on Tuesday night. On behalf of the servant it is stated that she left the Sexton at the house when she returned to the Parsonage. Mr Morning, however, states it was he who left the servant.

The house is being watched by the police

 

Saint Barnabas's Church, ShoreRef 5-384
Opened in 1901

Saint Barnabas's Mission Church, HalifaxRef 5-462
Recorded in 1905 at Lock Street, Caddy Field

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

See St Barnabas's Memorial, Halifax

Saint Bartholomew's Chapel, StainlandRef 5-407
Built by public subscription in 1754. It opened for worship in 1755.

This was the first church in Stainland.

In January 1758, a dissenters' meeting house was registered here.

It was multi-denominational, and was shared by Anglicans, Wesleyan Methodists and Congregationalists.

John Wesley preached at the church in 1759.

In 1812, there was a disagreement when the Anglicans tried to insist that only the orders of service from the Book of Common Prayer should be used, whereupon the Congregationalists decided to leave and built their own chapel, Providence Congregational Church.

The Methodists and the Anglicans remained and continued to share the chapel.

In 1838, it joined the Church of England.

It was demolished and replaced by St Andrew's Church, Stainland which was built on the same site

Saint Bartholomew's Church, Dean HeadRef 5-73
West Scammonden. Aka Deanhead Chapel / Scammonden Parish Church.

There has been a place of worship here since 1615.

There have been 3 churches on the present site.

The present church was built in 1865.

The altar rails were carved by Harry Percy Jackson.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP107): Baptisms [1746-1986], Banns [1866-1924], Marriages [1748-1986] and Burials [1746-1986].

See St Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head Graveyard and St Bartholomew's, Dean Head Miscellaneous MIs

Saint Bartholomew's Church, RippondenRef 5-S196
The Church stands alongside the Ryburn in the township of Barkisland.

See Chapel Farm, Ripponden, Chapel Field Mill, Ripponden, John Jagger, Ripponden Sunday School, Ripponden Vicarage, St Bartholomew's, Ripponden Memorial, St Bartholomew's, Ripponden Churchwardens, St Bartholomew's, Ripponden MIs, The flood of 1722 and St Bartholomew's, Ripponden Graveyard

Saint Bartholomew's Graveyard, Dean HeadRef 5-651
The burial ground of St Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CDs entitled Monumental Inscriptions in the Ripponden Area and Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4

Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden: GraveyardRef 5-532
The graveyard of St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden

Saint Bernadette's Catholic Church, MixendenRef 5-125
Clough Lane. Built in 1958.

It closed in 1994. It was sold in 1998 and converted into private dwellings

Saint Bernard's Catholic Church, HalifaxRef 5-S395
Sunnyside / Range Lane, Boothtown.

Father Jerome Quinlan was assigned to oversee the building of the new Church of the Sacred Heart & St Bernard.

The building was designed by Edward Simpson [1895-1897].

The building was damaged by fire in 1909.

In 1913, a fire destroyed some altar scenes which were believed to have been painted by Albert Horsfall.

 
Priests at the Church have included


 

On 20th July 1913, a new sanctuary was opened and blessed by Cardinal Logue, Primate of All Ireland

See St Bernard's Catholic Church Memorial and St Bernard's School, Halifax

Saint Chad's Chapel of Ease, Hove EdgeRef 5-138
Opened 18??.

Closed 19??.

See Chapel of ease

Saint Chad's Church, Hove EdgeRef 5-S322
Halifax Road.

A congregation had been meeting in St Chad's School since 1895 as an offshoot of St Martin's in Brighouse.

Rev O. S. Laurie bought the land for £100.

The design was started by W. Hodgson Fowler of Newcastle, and completed by W. H. Wood after Fowler's death.

The foundation stone was laid on 15th July 1911 by Miss Byrne.

The Church was completed in 1912 at a cost of £2,000, and opened on 29th June 1912 to supersede St Chad's School.

This was a daughter church to Brighouse Parish Church.

Details of the organ in the Chapel can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

In 1968, the organ by Wood of Huddersfield was moved to St Martin's Church

St Chad's became a parish in its own right in 1988.

In 2005, the Church spent £39,000 on creating a meeting room at the back and improving the external surrounds.

In December 2009, it was announced that St Chad's was to share a vicar with Lightcliffe.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

See St Chad's Memorial, Hove Edge

Saint Chad's Church, RochdaleRef 5-862
The Church and the Graveyard lie outside Calderdale, but, they are/were used by many local people

Saint Chad's Graveyard, RochdaleRef 5-863
St Chad's Church and the Graveyard lie outside Calderdale, but, they are/were used by many local

The following people, and/or members of their family, are recorded here:


  • To be completed
 

Saint Chad's Mission Church & SchoolRef 5-778

Saint Columba's Catholic Church, PellonRef 5-S396
Highroad Well Lane

Saint Columcille's Catholic Church, PellonRef 5-88
The foundation stone was laid 8th October 1933

The Church opened for worship [4th August 1934].

 
Priests at the Church have included


 

Saint Edward's Mission Church, BoothtownRef 5-60
Ploughcroft / Boothtown Road.

It was associated with All Souls' Church, Haley Hill.

Opened in 18??

See Harry Willie Naylor and St Edward's Mission Church, Boothtown Memorial

Saint George's Chapel of RestRef 5-151
Now known as Mytholmroyd Farmhouse

Saint George's Church, Hanover Square, LondonRef 5-869

Saint George's Church, Lee MountRef 5-S454
Between St George's Road and Lilac Street.

The parish arose from the chapel at Ovenden Cross of 1863.

The Church was endowed by Jane, daughter of Rev Anthony Moss.

It was design by Benjamin Whitehead Jackson in 1868.

It was consecrated on St George's Day, 1877.

Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

The vicarage was next to the Church to the north-west.

In the 1890s, it was proposed to build the Wheatley Valley Bridge from here to Beech Hill, Halifax.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

In the 1960s, it is shown as St George's, Ovenden with St Peter's, Wheatley.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP204): Baptisms [1877-1984], Banns [1904-1997], Marriages [1878-1975] and Burials [1878-1980].

See St George's Church, Lee Mount Memorial, St George's Church, Lee Mount Graveyard and St George's Sunday School, Lee Mount

Saint George's Graveyard, Lee MountRef 5-868
The graveyard for St George's Church, Lee Mount.

Saint George's Church, Norwood GreenRef 5-50
Aka Norwood Green Mission Church.

The foundation stone was laid on 1st June 1907 by Mrs George Watkinson.

The Church was dedicated by the Bishop of Wakefield and opened on 15th February 1908.

The Church cost £1,000 to build.

The Church closed on 3rd November 2002 and the congregation moved to St John's at Coley.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP38): Baptisms [1911-1989], Banns [1973-1990] and Marriages [1973-2002].

Saint George's Church, SowerbyRef 5-S349
Haugh End Lane.

Aka Quarry Hill Church.

The project to build the Church was supported by Rev W. H. Bull, G. B. Hadwen, Robert Stansfield – who gave the land, the Rawson family of Sowerby, and the Priestley family of White Windows – who gave the stone for  the construction.

The Church was designed by Edward Walsh in a Norman style.

It was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon on 27th October 1840.

Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

The parsonage and school room are attached to the Church.

In 1907, a stained glass window installed in memory of Rev Samuel Field Laycock. This has 3-lights representing Meekness, Gentleness and Goodness, which the memorial committee thought to be prominent qualities in his life. The window was designed by Messrs Kayll of Leeds. The cost of the window was £155.


Question: Does anyone know whether this is the existing east window at the church?

 

The Church was reconstructed in 1930/1931, and a chancel screen, altar and pulpit were carved by Harry Percy Jackson.

In 1970, the 1880 font was moved here from St John the Divine, Thorpe.

A list of some of the Vicars of Saint George's, Sowerby is given in a separate Foldout

The Church was declared redundant and closed on 1st December 1989. It was declared redundant and sold in 1992.

In 2003, the building was converted into private apartments.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP138): Baptisms [1840-1988], Banns [1892-1989], Marriages [1843-1989] and Burials [1842-1978].

See St George's Church, Sowerby War Memorial, St George's School and St George's Church, Sowerby Graveyard

Saint George's Mission Church, OvendenRef 5-420
Nursery Lane.

Around 1853, Rev William Gillmor of Illingworth felt the need for a chapel at Ovenden Cross.

At first, services were held in a barn, then a cottage, then a dissenting chapel.

Around 1860, the Stocks family of Shibden gave land for a new chapel, This opened on 23rd November 1863. It accommodated 314 worshippers and was also used as a day school.

The parish of St George's Ovenden arose from this first chapel.

In 1877, when the new church opened, the Mission building was sold to the Catholic community

See St George's Church, Lee Mount

Saint George's, Sowerby: GraveyardRef 5-628
The graveyard for St George's Church, Sowerby

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Saint Helen's Church, Holywell GreenRef 5-273
Watson mentions a Roman Catholic chapel here.

St Elyn's Chapel, Stainland appears on a list of

Decayed Chapels for want of maintenance in the reign of Queen Elizabeth [the First]

The building was converted into a house. There was a stone in the wall which was known as The Cross.

See St Helen's Well, Holywell Green

Saint Hilda's Church, BarkislandRef 5-S389
Opened in 18??

Saint Hilda's Church, HalifaxRef 5-S329
Gibraltar Road.

Designed by Sutcliffe & Sutcliffe. On 14th August 1909, the first sod was cut on the site.

A. S. McCrea gave £300 for the building on 30th January 1911. The church was consecrated on 27th May 1911.

Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP201): Baptisms [1903-1962], Banns [1911-1990] and Marriages [1911-1990].

See St Hilda's Church War Memorial

Saint Hilda's Mission Church, HalifaxRef 5-356
Built in 1898 to serve the King Cross area of Halifax.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

Saint James & Saint Mary Church of England, HalifaxRef 5-111
Opened in 18??.


Question: Does anyone know whether this is the amalgamation of St James Church, Halifax with St Mary's Church, Rhodes Street?

 

The organ by Gray was opened on 5th March 1837. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP170): Baptisms [1953-1986], Banns [1952-1985] and Marriages [1957-1983].

Saint James's Church, CalderbookRef 5-865
The Church and the Graveyard lie outside Calderdale, but, they are/were used by many local people

Saint James's Graveyard, CalderbrookRef 5-864
St James's Church and the Graveyard lie outside Calderdale, but, they are/were used by many local

The following people, and/or members of their family, are recorded here:


  • To be completed
 

Saint James's Church, HalifaxRef 5-S302
The Million Pound Church was started by Samuel Knight and completed by Charles Musgrave, who asked Anne Lister to sell a piece of land for the construction of a new church in the Cabbage Lane area of Halifax.

The Church was consecrated on 22nd September 1831.

The Church was demolished in 1955.

See William Coates, St James & St Mary Church of England, Halifax, St James's Church, Halifax War Memorial, St James's Church Sunday School, Halifax, St James's Church, Halifax Graveyard, Parish of St James, Halifax, St James's Infant School, Halifax and South Knight Street

Saint James's, Halifax: GraveyardRef 5-578
The graveyard of St James's Church, Halifax.

When the Church and Burial Ground closed, the remains of 1587 people were transferred and reinterred at Stoney Royd Cemetery in a single vault – with brick walls and a concrete top – [1961]

Saint James, Halifax, Parish ofRef 5-S7001
The parish for St James's Church, Halifax was formed in 1843

Saint James's Parish Church, BrighouseRef 5-S423

Saint James's Parsonage, HalifaxRef 5-831
North Parade. The Parsonage for St James's Church, Halifax stood immediately to the east.

In the 1960s, the building was used for some of the services provided by Halifax Corporation's Health Department - Baby Clinic, Mental Health Service, and Home Help Service – prior to the opening of The Laura Mitchell Clinic in October 1968.

Like the Church, the Parsonage has been demolished

Saint James's Spiritual Temple, HalifaxRef 5-136
Alma Street.


Question: Is this the same as St Paul's Spiritual Church & Lyceum, Halifax which was also in Alma Street?

 

Recorded in 1914, and in an obituary of Albert Wills in the Halifax Courier [28th July 1917]

Saint James the Great Church, Hebden BridgeRef 5-S471
The church was designed by Pickersgill and Oates, and built under the Million Pound Act on land given by Rev J. A. Rhodes and his wife.

See St James Memorials, Hebden Bridge, St James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge Graveyard, Sowden Chapel and Tin Mission, Mytholm

Saint James the Great, Hebden Bridge: GraveyardRef 5-550
The graveyard of St James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Saint James's United Methodist Free Church, LuddendenRef 5-S315
High Street. Opened 7th March 1903. The building cost around £2000.

There is an organ by Conacher. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

In 19??, the building was occupied by Midgley & Luddenden Methodist Church.

It closed in 200?.

It is due to be converted into housing.

See St James's Methodist Church, Luddenden War Memorials

Saint John's Chapel of Rest, RastrickRef 5-854
When it closed in 19??, the St John's Ambulance Hall, Rastrick became a Chapel of Rest

Saint John's Church, Hebden BridgeRef 5-63
The foundation stone was laid on 26th June 1929.

The church opened on 6th May 1931.

Those who gave money for the building included Mary Sowden.

The church became redundant in 1984 and is now private dwellings.

The pulpit and reredos were carved by Harry Percy Jackson. They were removed when the church closed, and are now in America.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP67): Baptisms [1931-1981], Banns [1960-1982] and Marriages [1960-1980].

See Helena Sutcliffe

Saint John's Church, OvendenRef 5-719
Built under the Million Pound Act. Designed by Charles Child.

Recorded in 1838 in the Alumni Cambrigienses (Part II 1752-1900) when Rev Edward Ramsden was appointed Perpetual Curate


Question: Does anyone know anything about the Church? Have I confused this with St John the Evangelist, Bradshaw?

 

Saint John's Church, StubbingRef 5-249
Hebden Bridge.

On 13th April 1899, a Mission Room Licence is recorded authorising the performance of Divine Service in the St John's School Chapel Stubbings.

The Church was built in 1906. It accommodated a congregation of 350

Saint John's Congregational Church, TodmordenRef 5-248
Patmos. Recorded in 1868

Saint John's, HalifaxRef 5-398
In early records, the name St John's usually refers to Halifax Parish Church, that is, St John the Baptist's Parish Church, Halifax

Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg ValeRef 5-16
Aka Cragg Church, Marshaw Bridge Church.

The foundation for the Church was laid on 15th March 1813.

The Church was consecrated in 1817. It accommodated around 250 worshippers.

In 1838, White wrote that the chapel was ...

so indifferently built that its roof has once fallen in and is now supported by props

The present Church was built in 1839 at a cost of £2,130 part-funded by the Million Pound Act. Charles Child was involved in the construction.

The sandstone for the Church was quarried at Clattering Stones.

It accommodated around 800 worshippers.

The organ, by Wards of York [1821], was brought from Square Independent Chapel, Halifax. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

The Brontë family often visited the Church.

Hinchliffe Hinchliffe and his family supported the Church. Mrs Hinchliffe gave a lectern. Mr Hinchliffe gave the organ costing £400 in memory of his 2 sons. He and his daughter, Helen, gave a chancel window in memory of Mrs Hinchliffe.

When the Church controlled the area, the vicar had the power to demand that people in the Cragg Vale Inn attend his Church services.

The Church was in the Parish of Halifax before becoming independent in 1844.

A figure of ChristThe Lord in Glory – was carved by Harry Percy Jackson, and two pairs of gates were carved by his son, Harry Percy Jackson.

Jimmy Savile, an acquaintance of Rev David Bennett, was made an honorary churchwarden here in 1967.

Graves of the Hinchliffe family are prominent in the churchyard.

Some of those who fell in World War I and World War II and are remembered on the War Memorial in the Church, are listed on the Foldout for the book Royd Regeneration.

A list of some of the Vicars of Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale is given in a separate Foldout

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP157): Baptisms [1815-1912], Marriages [1837-1987] and Burials [1815-1987].

See John Cockcroft's Charity, Cragg Vale Vicarage, St John in the Wilderness Memorial and David Wilcock

Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale: GraveyardRef 5-542
The graveyard of St John's Church, Cragg Vale

Saint John's Methodist Church, Prescott StreetRef 5-S373
Aka St John's Wesleyan Church.

When South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax was demolished to make way for the railway, it was replaced by a new church built at the junction of Prescott Street and Harrison Road, Halifax. The compensation from the railway company financed the building of this new church.

This Perpendicular Gothic church was designed by William Swinden Barber. The church opened on 1st October 1880.

A school building stood next to the church.

There was a large rose window in the church in memory of John Pritchard.

The pulpit of Caen stone was made by Thompsons of Peterborough.

The Church closed in 1965. It was demolished in September 1966.

Trinity Court flats stand on the site.

The congregation – together with those of three other Methodist churches – moved to St Andrew's Methodist Church, Huddersfield Road

Saint John's Mission Church, Hebden BridgeRef 5-279
Albert Street / Birchcliffe Road.

In 1882, Rev George Sowden observed that a church was needed for the rapidly-growing Stubbings district in Hebden Bridge.

In August 1883, services were held in a room which had been acquired in Albert Street was used A site at Stubbings was purchased at a cost of £450 which was met by grants and bequests. On 21st May 1895, it was resolved that it was time for a building to be erected on the Stubbings site. Initial thoughts were to erect a temporary iron building, but it was felt that it would be better to acquire an adjoining piece of land and erect a stone building for use as a school and a chapel. This was opened on 4th April 1899, and cost about £2,000.

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

The building became St John's School

In her will of 1900, Mary Sowden bequeathed money for a church. On 26th June 1929, the foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of Wakefield. On 6th May 1931, the church was consecrated, the Bishop of Wakefield. The pulpit, the altar and the reredos were the work of Harry Percy Jackson.

The Church closed in the 1960s. It became a private house.

There is a small memorial garden with a plaque which lists the names of the people buried there.

See St John's Mission Memorial, Hebden Bridge and St John's School, Hebden Bridge

Saint John's Mission Church, RastrickRef 5-275
Built in 1893 and dedicated on 26th April 1893 as a mission church to serve the growing population – see Brick & Tile Company.

A new mission church was built in 1908.

In 1914, it was superseded by the church of St John, The Divine.

See St John's School, Rastrick

Saint John the Baptist's Chantry Chapel, EllandRef 5-681
The Chapel is on the south side of the Chancel at Elland Parish Church. It is a chantry chapel built by the Savile family in the 13th century.

This now houses the organ

Saint John the Baptist, ColeyRef 5-C234
The present Church was built by William Bradley in 1816-1818 to replace the earlier 16th century building.

See Coley Church Cricket Team, Coley Vicarage, Captain John Hodgson, John Northend, The Northowram Nonconformist Register, John Riley, Ryshworth's Chapel, Hipperholme, St John the Baptist, Coley War Memorial, St John the Baptist, Coley Graveyard, St John the Baptist, Coley Publications, St Matthew's Mission Church, Coley and Watkinson Almshouses, Lightcliffe

Transcriptions of the Parish Registers are shown in the CD entitled Parish Registers Saint John the Baptist, Coley

Saint John the Baptist, Coley: GraveyardRef 5-541
There are burials in the churchyard around the Church of St John the Baptist, Coley.

In 18??, the burials were extended to ground beyond the east end of the Church.

The Cemetery which stands in Coley Road, opposite the Church, dates from 1842

Saint John the Baptist Eastern Orthodox Church, BoothtownRef 5-S371
Fern Street.

Formerly Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Church.

See Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Boothtown

Saint John the Baptist, HalifaxRef 5-702
In early records, the name St John the Baptist usually refers to Halifax Parish Church, that is, St John the Baptist's Parish Church, Halifax

Saint John the Baptist, Halifax: GraveyardRef 5-537
The graveyard of Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Halifax.

There used to be a number of cottages at the north-east corner of the graveyard.

A spring in the cellar of the T' Cat i' th' Window – the water of which flowed through the graveyard – fed a well used by a community of 800 people in the nearby Berry Lane area.

In the churchyard are some gravestones bearing the date 1566.

The gravestone of John Logan – who died in 1830 at the age of 105 – lies below the sundial

The graveyard was closed to burials [31st May 1861], although Catherine Grace Doherty Waterhouse was buried in the family vault in 1916.

After 1861, Stoney Royd Cemetery, then Lister Lane Cemetery were used.

See Halifax Parish Church Railings and Burials inside Halifax Parish Church

Saint John the Baptist's Parish Church, HalifaxRef 5-S615

Saint John the Divine, ClivigerRef 5-858
The Church, the Graveyard, and Cliviger itself, lie outside Calderdale, but, being only 6 miles from Todmorden, they are/were used by many local people

Saint John the Divine, Cliviger: GraveyardRef 5-859
The Church of St John the Divine and the Graveyard, lie outside Calderdale, but, being only 6 miles from Todmorden, they are/were used by many local people

The following people, and/or members of their family, are recorded here:


 

Saint John the Divine, RastrickRef 5-49
The Church was designed by Charles Archibald Nicholson & Corlette.

The sod cutting ceremony for the Church took place on 5th April 1913. The foundation stone was laid on 4th October 1913. The Church was consecrated in 1914.

It superseded the earlier mission church.

The organ was brought here from a cinema in Harrogate. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

Since 2006, the Vicar of Rastrick has had responsibility for both this Church and St Matthew's Church, Rastrick

A list of some of the Vicars of Saint John The Divine, Rastrick is given in a separate Foldout

Saint John the Divine, RishworthRef 5-33
The congregation used the chapel at Rishworth School until a new church, designed by Walsh & Maddock, was built.

The sod cutting ceremony for the new Church took place on 2nd April 1927.

The foundation stone is inscribed

In the faith of Jesus Christ

This Stone was set by J. R. H. Wheelwright Esq on the 28th day of May 1927

The Church was consecrated in 1928.

The east apple-and-pear window is a memorial to John Wheelwright.

Oak furnishings were carved by Harry Percy Jackson, and the Bishop's Chair by Jackson's son.

The lychgate was built in 1938.

See Godley, St John the Divine, Rishworth Memorial, St John the Divine, Rishworth Graveyard and St Matthew's Church, Rishworth

Saint John the Divine, Rishworth: GraveyardRef 5-618
The graveyard of St John the Divine, Rishworth

Saint John the Divine, ThorpeRef 5-11
Rochdale Road, Triangle.

Built for Frederick Edward Rawson and designed by W. S. Barber for a congregation of 300. It cost £7,000.

It was consecrated on 23rd September 1880, the year after Rawson's death.

It was one of the first churches to be constructed with reinforced concrete.

Mrs Rawson gave an endowment of £2,000 for the Vicar at the church. Until 1914, the appointment to the living was the gift of the Rawson family.

In 1882, schools for 200 children were built to the north of the church.

The altarpiece is of Caen stone. The cedar altar is the gift of Gerald Rawson. The windows – memorials to various members of the Rawson family – were by Heaton, Butler and Bayne of London.

The church and the windows were severely damaged by fire in 1917.

After raising about £5,000, the church was restored – by C. A. Nicholson – and reconsecrated on 17th June 1923.

In 1941, it was amalgamated with St Mary's, Cottonstones.

It closed with the final service on 9th June 1968.

The building was demolished in 1973.

The font was moved to St George's Church, Sowerby.

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

The Vicar lived at St John's Home, Triangle.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP138): Baptisms [1880-1967] and Marriages [1887-1967].

See Henry Gaukroger and St John the Divine Vicarage, Sowerby

Saint John the Divine Vicarage, SowerbyRef 5-933
The Vicarage for the church of St John the Divine, Thorpe was at Lower Stubbings, Sowerby

Saint John the Evangelist, BradshawRef 5-15
The Church was designed in 1838 by Charles Child and built for Elizabeth Wadsworth who lived at Holdsworth House with her brother, Rev John Wadsworth. Mrs Berry gave land for the Church. Elizabeth Wadsworth gave £700.

The Church opened in February 1839. It accommodated 350 worshippers.

The Church underwent complete repair in 1853.

Bradshaw War Memorial stands at the road junction in front of the Church.

The altar rails and inner doors were carved by Harry Percy Jackson.

In 1858, a Conacher organ was installed at a cost of £110.

The east window was erected in memory of the Rev Edward Ramsden by J. T. Ramsden, of Jumples House, in 1877. At the south-east end, there is a memorial window to William and Hannah Dean, of Scausby Hall, Illingworth, and others in memory of James Wilcock, of Bradshaw, and William Wilcock, of Leeds.

The organ is placed in the gallery at the west end.

Bradshaw Sunday School stands nearby.

The Church is mentioned in Graptolite's Stray Notes on Bradshaw.

See Bradshaw Vicarage, William Dean, James Heginbottom and Stray Notes on Bradshaw

A list of some of the Vicars of Saint John The Evangelist, Bradshaw is given in a separate Foldout

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP207): Banns [1888-1989].

Saint John the Evangelist, Bradshaw: GraveyardRef 5-629
The graveyard for St John's Church, Bradshaw

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Saint John the Evangelist, CliftonRef 5-S317
Rev Thomas Atkinson of Hartshead proposed the construction of a chapel for the people of Clifton who would otherwise have to travel to the church at Hartshead.

See Clifton Burial Ground, Clifton Handbell Ringers, Zillah Ramsden, St John's Church, Clifton War Memorial, St John's Church, Clifton Graveyard and Joseph Taylor

Saint John the Evangelist, Clifton: GraveyardRef 5-640
In the 1920s, the graveyard for St John the Evangelist, Clifton was full.

A new burial ground was established next to the vicarage

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #5

Saint John the Evangelist, WarleyRef 5-S406
Windle Royd Lane.

In 1856, a small wooden church was built near the top of the lane.

A new Gothic building was built lower down the hill. This was designed by W. S. Barber. It cost £4,000. It was consecrated in 1878. It could accommodate a congregation of 342.

Henry Charles McCrea was one of the founding fathers of the Church, and the family headed the subscription list with a donation of £1,000. Later gifts to the church included the organ and 3 stained glass windows commemorating members of the family. Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

The Sunday school stands in front of the church and was used as a day school between 1873 and 1926.

The vicarage was designed by C. F. L. Horsfall.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

Churchwardens here have included

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP54): Baptisms [1876-1985], Banns [1891-1991] and Marriages [1879-1995].

See Charles Thomas Aves, John Holdsworth, Walter Ernest Holmes and St John the Evangelist, Warley War Memorial

Saint John the Evangelist, West ValeRef 5-S327
The Church was founded by Rev John Marshall, Vicar of Greetland.

See David Fox, Madame Anne Fox, St John the Evangelist Memorial and John Graham Wheelwright

Saint John's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, HalifaxRef 5-300
Stafford Square.

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

See St John's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Memorial, William Teal and Wesleyan Methodist

Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, BrighouseRef 5-S391
Martin Street.

A chapel opened in 1864.

The present building opened on 29th June 1879 and was used as a school during the week and a church on Sundays.

 
Priests at the Church have included


 

During the Irish Riots of May 1882, a mob of Brighouse lads attacked the church. They smashed all the windows, but Father Morgan managed to remove all valuables, returning them when things had settled down.

In 1891, the new Church Hall was opened as an infants' school.

See St Joseph's School, Hove Edge

Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, TodmordenRef 5-S404
Wellington Road.

Until 1860, when a priest came from Halifax to hear confessions at Knowlwood, Walsden, Catholics had travelled to Bacup or Rochdale for services and Mass.

In 1864, the local Catholics rented a room over an iron foundry in Salford, Todmorden, where the first Mass was taken locally.

In 1866, the group moved to the Oddfellows Hall in Todmorden.

In September 1868, they moved to rented premises in Back Ridge Street.

Although the Catholics wished to build their own church, they were forbidden to buy land, but when the group approached Lord Townley of Burnley, a Catholic, he commissioned a land agent to buy land on Ridge Street, Todmorden on behalf of the Todmorden Catholic congregation. Work began on a school and church in 1873 and the buildings were completed and opened on 1st January 1876.

By 1928, the church was too small for the congregation and was in a state of disrepair, and it was decided to build a new one. In April 1929, a new church opened on Wellington Road.

The old church was used as air raid shelter during World War II, and was then demolished to make way for the Todmorden Community College.

St Joseph's Primary School is attached to the church.

 
Priests at the Church have included


 

See St Joseph's Catholic Church Memorial

Saint Joseph's Church, Sowerby BridgeRef 5-492
Recorded in 1922, when The Yorkshire Post reported the unveiling ceremony of a War Memorial at the Church, performed by Colonel Sir Edward Whitley


Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the church?

 

Saint Jude's Church, Savile ParkRef 5-S314
Halifax.

In the late 19th century, a number of members of All Saints' Church, Dudwell became unhappy with the style of services at the Church, and an offshoot – the Parish of St Jude's Salterhebble – was established.

A new Church building was proposed. Originally, this was to stand on what became the Nurses' Home at the Halifax Infirmary, but this fell through and, in 1888, John Baldwin gave 4,618 square yards of land – The Starting Post Field – at Savile Park for the new Church.

The Perpendicular building designed by W. S. Barber. The Church was built 1889-1890 at a cost of £8,400 pounds, and it was consecrated on 13th November 1890.

The tower is 85 ft high.

The Baldwin family – including William and John Baldwin – contributed to the cost of the building.

In 1910, John Herbert Lacy Baldwin and his sister, Mrs R. Whitworth, presented a stained glass window in memory of their father, John Baldwin.

There has never been a burial ground at the Church.

The Vicarage was next to the Church.

Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

On 14th May 1915, the new clock was set in motion at the Church.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP242): Baptisms [1890-1961] and Banns [1891-1964].

By 2014, the Church had joined with Holy Trinity Church.

See St Jude's War Memorials and St Jude's Sunday School, Halifax

Saint Jude's VicarageRef 5-703
The Vicarage for St Jude's Church, Savile Park was next to the Church (near 127 Savile Park Road) [1905]

Saint Luke's Church, NorlandRef 5-S400
Anglican church on Berry Moor Road.

Rev John Ellison was instrumental in establishing the Church.

On 12th July 1865, the corner stone was laid by Mrs H. A. Norris.

The Church opened in April 1866 as a chapel of ease for Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.

The Church cost £900 to build.

The organ was built by W. Hawkins of Walsall. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

On the night of Saturday, 17th February 1866, three weeks before the opening, vandals attempted to break into the Church and caused considerable damage to the main doors. A reward of £5 was offered for the apprehension of the culprits.

The infant son of Rev J. Ellison was the first person to be buried in the graveyard.

It became Norland Parish Church in 1877, when Rev Charles Livermore became the first Vicar.

The Vicarage stood in Sowerby Croft Lane.

Rev William Christopher Bell was said to have been heart-broken when the independent parish of Norland was discontinued and St Luke's Church amalgamated with Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge. He died shortly afterwards The 2 parishes amalgamated in 1923.

In Spring 2006, St Luke's reverted to being an independent ecclesiastical parish.

A list of some of the Vicars of Saint Luke's, Norland is given in a separate Foldout

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP93): Baptisms [1866-1995], Marriages [1880-1996] and Burials [1866-1987].

See St Luke's Church, Norland Graveyard and Jabez Whitaker

Saint Luke's, Norland: GraveyardRef 5-561
The graveyard of St Luke's Church, Norland.

See John Eastwood

Saint Malachy's Catholic Church, OvendenRef 5-S401

Saint Marie's Catholic Church, Gibbet StreetRef 5-117

Saint Mark's Parish Church, SiddalRef 5-266
Siddal Parish Church

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP192): Baptisms [1880-2007], Banns [1915-1973] and Marriages [1915-1988].

See St Mark's Parish Church, Siddal Graveyard, St Mark's Vicarage and Siddal War Memorial

Saint Mark's, Siddal: GraveyardRef 5-667
The graveyard of St Mark's Parish Church, Siddal.

Siddal War Memorial stands in the grounds

Saint Mark's Vicarage, SiddalRef 5-828
Whitegate Road. This is the vicarage for St Mark's Parish Church, Siddal.

See Vicars of St Mark's

Saint Martin's, Brighouse: GraveyardRef 5-540
The graveyard of St Martin's Church, Brighouse.

See Brighouse Parish Church Graveyard MIs, Brighouse Parish Church MIs and Brighouse Parish Church Graves

Saint Martin's Parish Church, BrighouseRef 5-S422

Saint Martin's Vicarage, BrighouseRef 5-834
Aka Brook House.

The parsonage of Parish Church of St Martin, Brighouse was built in 1840. It was extended shortly afterwards.

It ceased to be the vicarage in 19??.

It was a nursing home for elderly residents. In 2003, it closed – a victim of draconian legislation which closed many nursing homes throughout Britain.

In 2004, it was converted into 3 private dwellings

Saint Mary's Catholic Church, HalifaxRef 5-116
Aka St Marie's Catholic Church.

35 Gibbet Street / Clarence Street.

See St Alban's Catholic Church, Halifax, St Mary's Catholic Club, Halifax and St Mary's RC Church, Halifax Memorial

Saint Mary's Church, CottonstonesRef 5-S338
Anglican church in the parish of Sowerby.

Aka St Mary's, Mill Bank, St Mary's, Sowerby.

The church was built with money left by Ellen Hadwen in her will of 1842. In 1845, her only surviving sister, Eliza, laid the foundation stone – with a time capsule containing Victorian coins. The church was named in memory of their sister Mary and their mother.

The cost was around £2,100. The church opened on 8th May 1848 and was supported by the Hadwen family.

The parish was created in 1848.

On 13th December 1914, a new organ was installed.

In 1941, the church was amalgamated with St John's Church, Thorpe.

After World War II, the church used reparations for bomb damage – caused when a V1 doodlebug fell at Little Toothill Farm, Sowerby on 24th December 1944 - to repoint the church tower.

In 1950, a memorial window to Eric Platt was unveiled.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

A social centre opened in a part of the Church.

Both St Mary's Church and St Peter's Church, Sowerby are now in the same parish.

The graveyard at the church is open and in use.

The church is used for Eucharist every Sunday, for baptisms, weddings and funerals, and for special services on Palm Sunday, Christmas and Harvest. The children from St Mary's Primary School at Mill Bank also worship at the Church.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP138): Baptisms [1848-1984], Marriages [1848-1983] and Burials [1848-1953].

See Henry Gaukroger and St Mary's Vicarage, Cottonstones

Saint Mary's Church, EastwoodRef 5-919
Designed by William Belton Perkin [1854/1855]


Question: Does anyone know whether this Church is already on the website by another name?

 

Saint Mary's Church, HalifaxRef 5-S358
The Anglican church stood at the corner of Lister Lane and Rhodes Street, Halifax.

It was designed by Mallinson & Barber.

It was the gift of Michael Stocks of Upper Shibden Hall, in memory of his wife and their son Michael. The cost of the construction was about £10,000.

It was consecrated on 4th July 1870 by the Bishop of Ripon

It accommodated 800 worshippers [1881].

The organ was built by William Hill.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The congregation amalgamated with St James's Church, Halifax – becoming St Mary's & St James's – in 1952.

The church closed in 1986 and became redundant.

The building was bought by Strafford Properties who stripped out the fittings and then allowed the building to deteriorate until it was demolished in 2000.

Unbelievably, the Evening Courier of 21st February 2000 said

In a bid to limit damage to the church, the interior had been stripped and all the roof tiles put in storage

There is now housing on the site.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP170): Baptisms [1870-1953] and Marriages [1871-1957].

See St James & St Mary Church of England, Halifax, St Mary's Church, Halifax World War I Memorial, Parish of St Mary's, Halifax, St Mary's School, Halifax and St Mary's Vicarage, Halifax

Saint Mary's Church, SowerbyRef 5-133

Saint Mary's Graveyard, TodmordenRef 5-573
This was the graveyard at St Mary's Church.

It was superseded by the graveyard at Christ Church, Todmorden which opened in 1832.

Saint Mary's, Cottonstones: GraveyardRef 5-545
The graveyard of St Mary's Church, Cottonstones

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Saint Mary's, Halifax, Parish ofRef 5-S6503
The parish for St Mary's Church, Halifax was formed in 1870

Saint Mary Magdalene Church, OutlaneRef 5-150
Aka Outlane Parish Church. Built 1911. The church was not made a parish church because it was also used as a community meeting room. Consecrated 25th January 2004 The church was in the Longwood parish of Huddersfield until 1978 when the M62 was built. It then fell within the Stainland parish which will now become the parish of Stainland and Outlane

Saint Mary's Parish Church, TodmordenRef 5-S179
Burnley Road.

This was the first chapel in the Todmorden district.

See All Saints' Church, Harley Wood War Memorial, All Saints' Church, Harley Wood, John Hawksworth Jackson Barker, William Greenwood, Jeremy Hauworth, Josiah Lord, St Mary's, Todmorden Graveyard, St Mary's, Todmorden War Memorial and Todmorden Burial Ground

Saint Mary's Preaching Room, TodmordenRef 5-377
Opened in 18??. It reopened on 20th September 1868. Rev James Whalley preached his first sermon

Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland: GraveyardRef 5-547
The graveyard of St Mary the Virgin, Elland.

See Elland Cemetery

Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland Parish ChurchRef 5-S614

Saint Mary the Virgin, IllingworthRef 5-12
Aka Illingworth Chapel.

Transcriptions of the Parish Registers are shown in the CD entitled Parish Registers Saint Mary's, Illingworth.

See Illingworth Church Lads' Brigade, Illingworth Vicarage, Tom Parker, Captain George Taylor Ramsden, St Mary's Sunday School, Illingworth, St Mary the Virgin, Illingworth War Memorials, St Mary the Virgin, Illingworth Graveyard and The Story of St Mary's Illingworth

Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth: GraveyardRef 5-556
The graveyard of St Mary the Virgin, Illingworth

In 1860, an extension for burials in the churchyard was granted until 1st January 1863, after which date, they were to be limited to existing vaults and walled graves.

A planned addition to the burial ground would, it was hoped, be ready for consecration prior to the end of autumn 1861.

Transcriptions of the Parish Registers are shown in the CD entitled Parish Registers Saint Mary's, Illingworth

Saint Mary the Virgin, LuddendenRef 5-13
Luddenden Parish Church stands near Luddenden Brook.

There have been 3 churches on the site.

See James Bradley, Luddenden Bridge, Luddenden Cemetery, Luddenden Vicarage, St Mary's School, Luddenden, St Mary the Virgin, Luddenden War Memorial, St Mary the Virgin, Luddenden Graveyard, Vicarage Mill, Luddenden and St Mary the Virgin, Luddenden Vicars

Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden: GraveyardRef 5-531
The graveyard of St Mary the Virgin, Luddenden.

The Graveyard and St Mary's Church are connected to Luddenden Cemetery by a bridge.

There is a stone cross in the Graveyard.

Many of the grave and headstones were removed in 1970


I am not yet clear about who was buried here and who was buried at Luddenden Cemetery. I hope to sort these out as soon as possible. Please email me if you can place anyone correctly in either burial ground
 

See Halifax and Us, Luddenden Cemetery Loo, Murgatroyd tomb, Luddenden and The Shepherd family Luddenden Burials

Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddendenfoot: GraveyardRef 5-588
The graveyard of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Luddendenfoot still remains though the Church has been demolished

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Saint Mary the Virgin, WykeRef 5-52
Opened in 18??

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Bradford (Collection BDP101): Baptisms [1844-1960/1961-1998], Banns [1921-1988], Marriages [1847-1988] and Burials [1847-1982].

See Arthur Davy

Saint Mary's Vicarage, CottonstonesRef 5-675
This was the vicarage for St Mary's Church, Cottonstones

Saint Mary's Vicarage, HalifaxRef 5-365
The Vicarage for St Mary's Church, Halifax was at 20 Francis Street. The building is dated 1873.

The Parsonage and schools were built in 1873. Michael Stocks, of Upper Shibden Hall, gave £1000 towards the cost; the rest was raised by public subscription.

Saint Matthew's Church, LightcliffeRef 5-S207
Consecrated on 22nd September 1875 to replace the Lightcliffe Old Church.

See Friends of St Matthew's Churchyard, Lightcliffe, C. E. Fucigna, Lightcliffe Vicarage, St Aidan's Mission Church, Bailiff Bridge War Memorial, St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe War Memorial, St Matthew's Church Stone-laying accident [1873], St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe Graveyard and Watkinson Almshouses, Lightcliffe

Transcriptions of the Parish Registers are shown in the CD entitled Parish Registers Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe

Saint Matthew's Church, NorthowramRef 5-S330
Back Clough, Bradford Road.

The Parish of Northowram split off from Coley in 1909.

The Gothic parish church was designed by Walsh & Nicholas.

The first sod was cut on the site on 24th September 1910. The foundation stone was laid on 1st January 1911. The Church was consecrated on 31st May 1913.

This was the first permanent Anglican church in the township.

Brothers, Samuel Lord Watkinson and George Watkinson, were instrumental in, and both contributed to, the building of the church. In 1911, Samuel Lord Watkinson gave £3,000 for the tower, the bells, and a clock.

The church was consecrated in 1912.

The lawned area behind the Church was formerly a quarry.

An organ by Conacher was installed in 1914. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

The reredos, organ casing, and stalls were carved by Harry Percy Jackson.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP114): Baptisms [1893-1970], Banns [1913-1997] and Marriages [1913-1996].

See Heywood's Chapel, St Matthew's Church, Northowram War Memorial, St Matthew's Church, Northowram Vicarage, St Matthew's Church, Northowram Graveyard, St Matthew's Sunday School, Northowram and Watkinson Almshouses, Lightcliffe

Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram: VicarageRef 5-732
Church Walk The Vicarage for St Matthew's Church, Northowram.

During the incumbency of Canon George Watkinson, he lived at Woodfield. His Curate lived at the Vicarage

Saint Matthew's Church, RastrickRef 5-S208
One of the oldest places of worship in the district.

See Rastrick Vicarage, St Matthew's Church, Rastrick Memorials, St Matthew's Church School, Rastrick, St Matthew's Church, Rastrick Graveyard and Upper Wat Ing, Norland

Saint Matthew's Church, RishworthRef 5-239
The church was popularly known as The Iron Church, The Tin Tabernacle, and The Tin Tab because it was constructed of galvanised iron sheets on a wooden frame.

It was built in 1890 when the facilities at what became Rishworth School Chapel were inadequate.

It stood opposite the Cunning Corner.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The church became redundant and closed in 1927 when St John's Church, Rishworth was built.

All traces of the Church have gone

Saint Matthew's, Lightcliffe: GraveyardRef 5-557
The graveyard of St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe

See Friends of St Matthew's Churchyard, Lightcliffe

Saint Matthew's Mission Church, ColeyRef 5-331
Back Clough. On 16th November 1891, a license for a mission room was issued to Coley Church. This opened in 18??.

A new chancel was dedicated on 31st May 1905 by Rev Canon Savage.

Rev George Watkinson was curate here

Saint Matthew's, Northowram: GraveyardRef 5-584
The graveyard of St Matthew's Church, Northowram

Saint Matthew's, Rastrick: GraveyardRef 5-564
The graveyard of St Matthew's Church, Rastrick.

A Mediæval cross base stands by the entrance to the churchyard.

There is a small war memorial in the churchyard

Saint Michael & All Angels' Church, CornholmeRef 5-127
/ Cornholme Parish Church, Burnley Road.

The church was designed by Durham architect, Hodgson Fowler.

It was built on the site of the Vale Bobbin Mill, and opened on 27th September 1902.

The founder-patron, Mrs Master-Whitaker, gave the site and paid the entire cost of the building.

The Parish of Cornholme was created in 1903.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

In 1903, a clock

a gift from the Rev and Mrs Master-Whittaker

was installed in the tower

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP84): Baptisms [1903-1952], Banns [1903-1987] and Marriages [1903-2000].

See Mount Zion Methodist Church, Cornholme War Memorial and St Michael & All Angels', Cornholme War Memorials

Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, ShelfRef 5-S354
A Million Pound Church designed by Mallinson & Healey.

See St Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf War Memorial, St Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf Graveyard, Shelf Vicarage and Upon this iron, I will build my church

Saint Michael & All Angels' Church, Southowram BankRef 5-S292
Mission church on Southowram Bank.

Opened 30th April 1887.

The cost of the church was defrayed by Mrs Waterhouse.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

Demolished in 196?. A private house now stands on the site.

The church cricket club played at Bank Top Cricket Field, Southowram.

See St Michael's Church, Southowram Bank War Memorial and St Michael's Mission Church, Halifax

Saint Michael's & All Angels', Shelf: GraveyardRef 5-575
The graveyard of St Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf.

Many members of the Bottomley family of Shelf are buried here.

Saint Michael's Church, MytholmroydRef 5-S585
The foundation stone was laid on 6th September 1847, and the Church was consecrated on 8th September 1848.

See Mary Helena Greenwood, History of St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, Mytholmroyd Church Lads' Brigade, St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd Memorials, St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd Graveyard, St Michael's Church Institute, Mytholmroyd and William Sutcliffe

Saint Michael's Mission Church, EllandRef 5-95
Lower Edge. Opened around 1905.

Recorded in 1914

Saint Michael's Mission Church, HalifaxRef 5-355
Southowram Bank.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

See St Michael's & All Angels' Church, Southowram Bank

Saint Michael's, Mytholmroyd: GraveyardRef 5-630
The graveyard for St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1 and a list of burials can be found on the Church's website (link below).

The Church's website offers PDF documents listing the burials and the graves:

Saint Nicholas's Chapel, EllandRef 5-647
The Chapel is on the north side of the Chancel at Elland Parish Church. It is a chantry chapel built by the Thornhill family of Fixby in the 13th century.

The vault for the Thornhill family lies beneath the Chapel, and was rediscovered in 1937.

The Chapel was restored by the Wilson family in 1938.

The Wilsons also gave examples of the work of Robert Thompson to the Chapel

Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, EllandRef 5-S394
Victoria Road, Elland.

Built in 1959. Opened 24th October 1960 to replace St Patrick's Church, West Vale.

 
Priests at the Church have included


 

Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, HalifaxRef 5-404
The church was established in the 1920s by Father Michael Bradley of the Church of the Sacred Heart & St Bernard's Church, to serve the large Irish community living in the Woolshops area.

An article in the Halifax Courier says that the services were held in The Canterbury, Halifax.

Another source says that the church was in a room at a mill in Well Lane – almost at the bottom on the left-hand side going down


Question: Does anyone know if the church met at 2 distinct locations, or were the locations confused?

 


Question: Can anyone tell me anything?

 

Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, West ValeRef 5-241
Green Lane.

Services were held at Elland Mechanics' Hall until the church opened in January 1902. It was formally opened on 10th May 1903.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

The Church closed in 1959, when the new St Patrick's Church, Elland was opened. The premises were taken over by St Patrick's Primary School and then a Day Nursery

See St Patrick's Catholic Church, West Vale Memorial

Saint Paul's Church, Cross StoneRef 5-C264
From 1536, it served the Yorkshire part of Todmorden, while St Mary's Parish Church served the Lancashire part.

See Baptisms at the Chapels of Heptonstall & Cross Stone, Burials at the Chapels of Heptonstall & Cross Stone, John Craweshaye, Cross Stone School, Cross Stone Parsonage, Cross Stone stocks, Mrs Sally Walton, Marriages at the Chapels of Heptonstall & Cross Stone, Peter Ormerod, St Paul's Church, Cross Stone Memorial, St Paul's Church, Cross Stone Graveyard, Thomas Stansfeld, The Stephenson Family, John Sutcliffe and Water Trough, Cross Stone

Saint Paul's Church, DenholmeRef 5-907

Saint Paul's Church, King CrossRef 5-S256
A Million Pound Church designed by R. D. Chantrell in 1845 to accommodate a congregation of 450. The church was consecrated on 26th April 1847.

Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

The Church became too small and closed, with the last services being held on 20th October 1912.

A new St Paul's Church was proposed in 1909 and building began at a site on Queens Road in 1911.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

Part of the roof collapsed in 1930.

On 1st October 1930, a Consistory Court looked into proposed demolition of the Church.

The Church was demolished in 1931, leaving only the spire still standing.

The spire is listed.

Burials in the graveyard continued until 1969.

When the Halifax Union Workhouse was demolished in 1972, the mechanism of the clock – known as Miriam – was removed from there and installed in the spire at St Paul's.

The site was redeveloped as a rest garden, with some gravestones being removed and others being erected around the garden or used as paving stones, and the garden was opened on May 3, 1973, by Maurice Jagger.

The font from the old St Paul's Church stands in the churchyard of the new St Paul's Church.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP72): Baptisms [1847-1965], Banns [1914-1956], Marriages [1847-1980] and Burials [1847-1941].

See Henry Gaukroger, Cookson Greenwood, King Cross Vicarage, Halifax, St Paul's Church, King Cross War Memorial, St Paul's Mission Church, Pye Nest and Wainhouse Road School, Halifax

Saint Paul's Church, Queens RoadRef 5-S507
In 1909, When the old St Paul's Church, King Cross became too small, the new church to accommodate 1,000 was begun.

The land was given by 2 anonymous donors.

The Church was designed by Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet, and Jackson & Fox were the superintending architects. The first sod was cut on 25th October 1910. The foundation stone, inscribed

Ye are God's Building, Easter 1911

was laid on 22nd April 1911 by Rev Clement E. Danby.

Stone for the building came from Northowram and Hipperholme, and that for the interior came from Sowerby.

The church was consecrated 26th October 1912. It accommodated 1,000 worshippers.

The altar rail gates were carved by Harry Percy Jackson in the 1920s and extended by his son.

The font from the old St Paul's Church, King Cross stands in the churchyard.

The Sunday School was built around 1926.

The tower was built later – with a bequest from Rev Hugh Bright – and dedicated in 1937. The East Window is dedicated to Rev Hugh Bright

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

There is a war memorial inside the church.

Saint Paul's Church, Queens Road: East WindowRef 5-746
The window at St Paul's Church, Queens Road is dedicated to Rev Hugh Bright. The design features The New Jerusalem. It is by stained-glass artist Hugh Easton [1906-1965]

Saint Paul's Church, TodmordenRef 5-S473

Saint Paul's, Cross Stone: GraveyardRef 5-543
The graveyard of St Paul's Church, Cross Stone – aka Cross Stone Cemetery – was consecrated on 14th October 1856.

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the book entitled Burials at the Chapels of Heptonstall & Cross Stone, and also on the Todmorden & Walsden website at MIs at Cross Stone Church and MIs at Cross Stone Church: Epitaphs

Saint Paul's, King Cross: GraveyardRef 5-566
The graveyard of St Paul's Church, King Cross.

The church was demolished in 1931.

Burials in the graveyard continued until 1969.

The site was redeveloped as a rest garden, with some gravestones being removed and others being erected around the garden or used as paving stones. The garden was opened on 3rd May 1973, by Maurice Jagger. The human remains were undisturbed.

See St Paul's, King Cross MIs

Saint Paul's Methodist Chapel, EllandRef 5-S1
Southgate.

A Methodist school chapel opened on the site in 1891.

The foundation stone was laid on 11th July 1914. The new chapel – United Methodist Church, Elland – opened on 5th June 1915.

In 1962, Temperance Methodist Chapel joined St Paul's.

In 1972, Elland Wesleyan Chapel and Middle Dean Street Chapel, West Vale joined St Paul's, services being held at the Elland Wesley chapel.

The St Paul's building was refurbished.

In 1974, the services were moved back to St Paul's and the name was changed to Southgate Methodist Chapel, Elland.

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

See Samuel Garsed, St Paul's Methodist Church, Elland Memorial and St Paul's & Temperance Street Churches, Elland Memorial

Saint Paul's Methodist Church, Sowerby BridgeRef 5-S386
Tower Hill / Tuel Lane. It superseded United Methodist Free Church, Sowerby Bridge. It was modernised in 1979.

It was badly damaged by a suspected arson attack on Easter Day in April 1988.

A new church opened in October 1990.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

Saint Paul's Mission Church, Pye NestRef 5-421
Recorded in 1905 at 83 Pye Nest Gate / 88 Washer Lane / Edwards Road.

This was a mission church for St Paul's Church, King Cross.

See New Mission Church, Pye Nest

Saint Paul's Spiritual Church & Lyceum, HalifaxRef 5-437
Alma Street. Recorded in 1905.


Question: Does anyone know if this was connected with the Lyceum Assembly Rooms, Halifax?

 

See Joseph Batie, St James's Spiritual Temple, Alma Street and Rowland Wadsworth Ward

Saint Paul's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, BrighouseRef 5-S275
King Street.

Opened in 1857.

A Sunday school was built at a cost of £850 and opened on 16th April 1865.

A new Chapel was built when the old building became too small for the congregation, and opened on 27th October 1885.

Birds Royd Lane Wesleyan Mission Church, Rastrick was a Chapel of ease for the Chapel.

The new Sunday School opened in 1914.

The Co-op Café was in the basement of the Chapel.

On 9th December 1933, it was announced that the Chapel was to be sold.

The Chapel closed in 1949, and was demolished in around 1969.

The site became a wire-works.

The [former Co-operative Society] car park [1973] now occupies the site.

 
Pastors at the Church have included


 

See Grace Blackburn, Brighouse Industrial Society, Emmanuel Dale and Wesleyan Methodist

Saint Peter & Saint Paul's Catholic Church, MytholmroydRef 5-244
It was originally a small wire-works – which evolved into Wireform. In the 1960s, Father Blanchfield bought the building and converted it into a chapel. In 19??, it was sold to the Calder Valley Club for £1·00 after it had become structurally unsafe. In 1991, it was replaced by the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Mytholmroyd. It is now a community care centre for the disabled

Saint Peter's Church, HartsheadRef 5-S277
This was the Parish church for Hartshead-cum-Clifton.

See Grange House, Warley and St Mark's Eve Vigil

Saint Peter's Church, SowerbyRef 5-S286
St Peter's Avenue.

Aka Sowerby Chapel.

A chapel of ease was established here around 1592.

The new church was built between 1763-1766 by John Wilson.

Transcriptions of the Parish Registers are shown in the CD entitled Parish Registers Saint Peter's, Sowerby.

See Church Stile, Sowerby, Furness Charity, St Paul's Church, King Cross and St Peter's Church, Sowerby Graveyard

Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby: BelfryRef 5-793
When the new St Peter's Church, Sowerby was built in 1762, the old chapel was dismantled.

The belfry, windows and other features from the old chapel were bought by George Stansfeld and move to Field House, Sowerby

Saint Peter's Church, WalsdenRef 5-S353
Aka Walsden Parish Church. The church was consecrated on 7th August 1848.

See Cross Keys, Walsden, St Peter's Church, Walsden War Memorial, St Peter's Church, Walsden Graveyard and Walsden Parsonage

Saint Peter's Community Centre, SowerbyRef 5-454

Saint Peter's, Hartshead: GraveyardRef 5-549
The graveyard of St Peter's Church, Hartshead

Saint Peter's Mission Church, BrookfootRef 5-54
A day school – St Peter's School – opened in 1878. The church opened in 1895 to serve the community around Brookfoot. Stood on the right of the road which leads from Elland Road to Brookfoot mill.

Reports of a storm on 22nd December 1894, mentioned that

A new mission church at Brookfoot was demolished


Question: Does anyone know if this was the Church damaged by the storm?

 

It was a part of the parish of St Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram.

 
Officers at the Mission have included

  • H. Atkinson [1933]
  • W. Atkinson [1933]
  • W. H. Wilkinson [1933]
  • R. Atkinson [1933]
  • R. Ellis [1933]
  • G. Coverdale [1933]
  • A. Fearnley – Organist [1933]
  • S. Hoyle – Verger/Sexton [1933]

 

When attendances fell, the church closed in 1959, and the building was sold

Saint Peter's Mission Church, WheatleyRef 5-554
City Lane. Now St Peter's Cottage.

See St George's Church, Ovenden

Saint Peter's, Sowerby: GraveyardRef 5-569
The graveyard of St Peter's Church, Sowerby surrounds the Church.

It is open and in use.

See Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1 and Parish Registers Saint Peter's, Sowerby

Saint Peter's, Walsden: GraveyardRef 5-576
The graveyard of St Peter's Church, Walsden

Saint Stephen's Church, CopleyRef 5-S372

Saint Stephen's, Copley: GraveyardRef 5-631
The graveyard for St Stephen's Church, Copley

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Saint Teresa's Church, HalifaxRef 5-388
In 1935, the church was served from Ovenden

Saint Thomas à Becket's Catholic ChurchRef 5-463

Saint Thomas à Becket's Church, HeptonstallRef 5-7010

Saint Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall: GraveyardRef 5-552

Saint Thomas à Becket Mission RoomRef 5-501
Hangingroyd Lane, Hebden Bridge. A mission room associated with the Church of St Thomas à Becket is mentioned in 1888

Saint Thomas à Becket's Parish Church, HeptonstallRef 5-S499

Saint Thomas, CharlestownRef 5-294
See St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount

Saint Thomas's Church, GreetlandRef 5-20
This is now the Parish Church for Greetland and West Vale.

See Greetland Vicarage, St Thomas's, Greetland Memorial, St Thomas's Church, Greetland Graveyard, St Thomas's Sunday School, Greetland and The Stations of the Cross

Saint Thomas's, Greetland: GraveyardRef 5-548
The graveyard of St Thomas's Church, Greetland.

By 1928, the graveyard was becoming overcrowded. There were proposals to buy land to the north of the burial ground which was owned by the District Council. In 1931, the Council offered to sell the land. A house-to-house collection in Greetland and West Vale raised £160 in a week towards the purchase.

Saint Thomas's Mission Room, HalifaxRef 5-422
Recorded in 1905 at 16 Pearson Street, Charlestown Road

Saint Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Church, Hebden BridgeRef 5-S397
Palace House Road, Fairfield.

Aka St Thomas à Becket's Catholic Church.

The Church was founded by Father Maximilian Tillman, replacing converted premises – a large room in Union Street – which had become too small.

The Church was designed by Willie Wrigley, and was built at a cost of £1,530, largely by the congregation themselves. It opened on 31st October 1896. It could accommodate 400 people.

 
Priests at the Church have included


 

In 1991, it was superseded by the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Mytholmroyd.

The Church has been converted into flats

Saint Thomas Parsonage, ClaremountRef 5-832
The Vicarage for St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount was on Parsonage Street, Claremount

Saint Thomas Street Primitive Methodist Church, BoothtownRef 5-215
Opened in 18??

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

Saint Thomas the Apostle's Church, HeptonstallRef 5-5190

Saint Thomas the Apostle, ClaremountRef 5-S280
Halifax.

Aka St Thomas's, Charlestown.

The founders included:

The Church was designed by Mallinson & Healey [1857-1861]. The corner stone was laid on 1st April 1859. The Church opened on 22nd April 1860.

It accommodated 650 people.

Jackson & Fox made repairs to the Church [1911-1912].

On 14th September 1912, the Church reopened after the removal of the old gallery, enlargement of the church and installation of a new altar.

The Church originally had a spire on the tower, but this was unsafe and was demolished in 1967.

A memorial window was placed by R. Horsfall for his wife.

The Church is a familiar landmark on the northern skyline.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

St Thomas Street, Claremount used to be nearby.

The Vicarage was at Parsonage Street, Claremount.

The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP33): Baptisms [1858-1953], Banns [1901-1934], Marriages [1862-1987] and Burials [1860-1970].

See Parish of Charlestown, St Thomas's Church School, St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount War Memorial, St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount Graveyard, St Thomas's Cricket Club, Claremount and St Thomas's Church Lads' Brigade, Claremount

Saint Thomas the Apostle, Claremount: GraveyardRef 5-617
The graveyard of St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount.

The burial ground is now [2016] a Closed Site.

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Saint Thomas The Apostle, Heptonstall: GraveyardRef 5-551

Saint Thomas the Apostle's Parish Church, HeptonstallRef 5-S556

Saint Thomas the Martyr, HeptonstallRef 5-486

Saint Walburga's Catholic Church, LuddendenfootRef 5-243
Aka Denholme Catholic Church, Luddendenfoot.

For about 20 years, from 1870, Catholic services were held in the Luddendenfoot Co-operative Hall.

The new church was founded by Father Maximilian Tillman at the Top of Denholme.

The Church opened in 1898. It was designed by U. Wrigley, and built at a cost of £1,600.

On 4th January 1898, as the Church was being built, scaffolding collapsed injuring 6 workers.

In 1935, it was served from Hebden Bridge.

In 1991, it was replaced by the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Mytholmroyd.

In 1996, the church was demolished.

The new St John of God Respite Care Home was built on the site [1997].

See St Walburga's Catholic Church, Luddendenfoot

SalemRef 5-785
An Arabic / Hebrew word meaning peaceful, complete

Salem Methodist Church, Richmond StreetRef 5-S375
Halifax.

Stands on Richmond Street between Alma Street and Stannary Street

The Church opened on 20th January 1970 to accommodate the congregation from Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade which had to close when the road system in the area was redeveloped.

The present building was opened by Miss Elsie Seed of the Seed family who was the oldest active member in 1970.

Joshua Horner dedicated a fine stained glass window at the old Salem Chapel in memory of his father John who had been a member there. When the chapel was demolished, the architect intended these windows should be re-installed in the new building, but the Department of Transport refused to pay the cost. The blind windows at the back of the building show where the stained glass was to have gone.

It became a joint Church with Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church.

The Sunday School was immediately next door to the west.

Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North ParadeRef 5-S305
The first Salem Chapel was begun by a group who left South Parade Methodist Chapel in 1797, and went to worship in rooms in Ann Street.

They bought land in Needless and built a new Chapel which opened in 1799.

It was rebuilt in 1815.

A new Chapel was built in 1871.

See Akroyd Place, Halifax, Hanover Methodist Chapel, Halifax, Horner Charity Bequest, St Andrew's Methodist Chapel, Queens Road, Salem Methodist New Connexion, North Parade Graveyard, Salem Methodist New Connexion Sunday School, North Parade, Salem North Parade Pierrot Troupe and Salem United Methodist Chapel, Halifax

Salem Methodist New Connexion Graveyard, North ParadeRef 5-606
There was a burial ground around Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel.

The Chapel and the burial ground closed in 1964 and the land was cleared for the Burdock Way redevelopment.

The remains from the Burial Ground were reinterred at Stoney Royd Cemetery [1960s]

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4

Salem Primitive Methodist Chapel, KnowlwoodRef 5-257
Walsden.

Built in 1826 by the Primitive Methodists who had previously held their meetings at Smithy Holme Mill, Walsden.

An early and controversial preacher was Mr Hutchins.

The chapel was enlarged in 1843.

In 1870, it was entirely rebuilt. The corner-stone was laid on 2nd July 1870 by James S. Sutcliffe of Bacup.

 
Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

Crossley Howorth was choirmaster for 20 years.

The Chapel was demolished in the 1960s. The congregation moved to Shade Wesleyan Church.

See Bottoms School, Walsden, Abraham Crossley, Knowlwood Primitive Methodist Chapel and Luke Midgley

Salem United Methodist Chapel, HalifaxRef 5-871


Question: Does anyone know if this is the same as Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade?

 

See Salem United Methodist Chapel Memorial

Salem Wesleyan Chapel, Hebden BridgeRef 5-S583
44 Market Street. The original chapel was built in 1824 and had seating for 750.

In 1885, it was replaced by a new chapel with seating for 1050. There was a schoolroom downstairs.

There was a Sunday School at 50 Market Street.

In June 1888, a large, 3-manual organ was installed.

It joined the Todmorden Circuit, and became head of the Hebden Bridge Circuit.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

In March 1906, Owd Mow preached here.

In 1962, Cross Lanes Methodists, Foster Lane Methodists, and Salem Wesleyan Methodists amalgamated.

The Church was demolished in 1973 and replaced by a new building – Hebden Bridge Methodist Church – in 1975.

See Salem Wesleyan Memorial, Hebden Bridge

Salendine Nook Baptist GraveyardRef 5-748
The burial ground for Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel

Salendine Nook Baptist ChurchRef 5-319
Laund Road.

In October 1689, Michael Morton registered his barn at Salendine Nook as a meeting house for Dissenters. This evolved into Salendine Nook Baptist Church

The Church is the mother Church of Huddersfield and District Baptist Churches.

A meeting house was opened on Joseph Morton's land [1743]. It subsequently had a strong contingent of followers including many leading figures in local society. The Church started a dedication register in 1783 which it continued until 1837 when the civil registration acts were created.

The meeting house was replaced by a larger one in 1803.

The current Baptist Church was built in 1843.

The Church was attended by many Baptists from the neighbouring townships of Lindley-cum-Quarmby, Longwood and Golcar.

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included

  • Rev D. W. Jenkins [1895]

 

See Jagger Green Baptist Church, Holywell Green and Salendine Nook Baptist Church Graveyard

Salterhebble, Parish ofRef 5-S3502
Aka Parish of All Saints. The parish for All Saints' Church, Dudwell was formed in 1845

Salterhebble United Methodist Free ChapelRef 5-S369
Chapel Lane.


Question: Is this the same as Salterhebble Wesleyan Reform Chapel?

 

The land was bought in 1865. Trustees for the church were appointed around January 1894, and a mortgage was taken out in December 1895. The church was built in 1895.

 
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

It closed in 19??.

In March 1965, it was renovated and became the Christadelphian Hall. The renovated pipe organ was recently found to be dated April 1888, predating the building.

See Horace Sykes

Salterhebble Wesleyan Reform ChapelRef 5-418


Question: Is this the same as Salterhebble United Methodist Free Chapel?

 

Recorded in 1865.

See Rev H. Breedon

Salterlee Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Stump CrossRef 5-424
Kell Lane. Recorded in 1905

Salvation Army Barracks, HalifaxRef 5-436
Several are recorded in 1905 at Coach Fold, Haley Hill; 3 Ashleigh Street, Ovenden; 2 Foundry Street North, Ovenden; 39 Copley Street; Bedford Street North

Salvation Army Church, EllandRef 5-89
See Christ's Chapel, Elland and Salvation Army Meeting Room, Elland

Salvation Army Church, HolmfieldRef 5-400
Aka Salvation Army Fort. Recorded in 1917

Salvation Army Citadel, BrighouseRef 5-460
The Salvation Army moved here from Stott's Mission, Brighouse.

The foundation stones for a new building in Bethel Street were laid on 12th February 1910.

The Citadel was opened on 3rd September 1910 by Mayor Robert Thornton.

The Army later moved to the former St Paul's Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School in King Street.

The Bethel Street premises became a children's play facility.

See Brighouse Old Market and Billy Walton

Salvation Army Citadel, HalifaxRef 5-252
North Parade.

Opened in 1910.

Closed in 1969 and demolished for the Burdock Way redevelopment.

A new purpose-built centre – the Bramwell Booth Memorial Halls – opened on St James's Road in May 1970.

Salvation Army Citadel, Sowerby BridgeRef 5-655
Recorded in the 1940s. The building was subsequently occupied by Lumb's Confectionery

Salvation Army Meeting Room, EllandRef 5-448
Recorded in 1905 at Central Hall, Elland

Sandy Gate Burial Ground, Hebden BridgeRef 5-461

Savile Green Vicarage, HalifaxRef 5-830
In 1870, Rev Charles Musgrave sold the earlier vicarage – which stood opposite Halifax Parish Church – and its extensive grounds to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Railway company, and the vicarage moved to Savile Green which had been bought by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.

Scholemoor Cemetery & CrematoriumRef 5-727
Necropolis Road, Bradford.

The public cemetery opened in 1860. The crematorium was opened in 19??.

Several Calderdale people, and/or members of their family, were buried / cremated here, including:


George Normanton [1937]
 

Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, MytholmroydRef 5-209
A Georgian chapel was built in 1806. It was rebuilt in 1815 and 1825.

It accommodated 800 worshippers [1845]. It was extended when the Sunday school was built in 1872. The church has mahogany box pews downstairs. There is late 19th century seating in the gallery.

A new organ was installed on 24th October 1903.

When Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd closed in August 1960, the society joined with Scout Road to become Mytholmroyd Methodist Church.

A new extension was added in 1999

 
Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

See Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd War Memorial, Scout Road Methodist Church War Memorial, Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd Graveyard and Abimelech Wilcock

Scout Road Wesleyan Graveyard, MytholmroydRef 5-638
The graveyard for Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd

Second Church of Christ Scientist, HalifaxRef 5-276
Aked's Road.

See Church of Christ Scientist and Mount Olivet Church, Aked's Road

The Sepulchre, HartsheadRef 5-S324
Hare Park Lane.

Private burial ground for the Quaker Greene family.

Dated 1665.

The Quakers regarded elaborate gravestones as a symbol of vanity, and – as here – each stone was identical to the others.

Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, BoothtownRef 5-S359

See Yorkshire Film Archive

Seventh Day Adventist Church, CopleyRef 5-S392
Originally United Methodist Free Church.

The Conacher pipe organ [1877] was on a balcony at the front, above the preacher's stand. In 1969, the church fitted a suspended ceiling which hid the organ. In 1999, Ireland-Shireby Church Organ Builders of Grantham bought the delapidated and vandalised organ for restoration.

In February 2003, as the building was being demolished and the site cleared, workers discovered a glass container – a Kilner jar – inside one of the corner stones of the facade

Shade ChapelRef 5-114
Opened in 18??

Shade Wesleyan Methodist ChurchRef 5-157
Todmorden.

A Church was built in 1848. It stands on a culvert

The corner-stones for a new Church were laid on 18th December 1875. The Church opened on 12th April 1877.

The congregation from Knowlwood Chapel moved here when their chapel was demolished in the 1960s.

The chapel closed in 19??.

It has since been converted into flats

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

See Shade Wesleyan Methodist Memorial and Wesleyan Methodist

Shelf, Parish ofRef 5-S484
Shelf was a part of Halifax parish. In 1851, it became a separate parish. St Michael's & All Angels' Church was built in 1850

Shelf Primitive Methodist ChapelRef 5-213
Aka Wade House Chapel

Shelf TabernacleRef 5-28
Aka Stone Chair Tabernacle

Shelf VicarageRef 5-796
The vicarage for St Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf. Originally the iron master's house for Shelf Iron Works.

It stood empty after a new vicarage was built in the 1980s. It is now derelict

Shelf Wesleyan ChapelRef 5-323
Aka Witchfield Methodist Chapel

Shibden Methodist New Connexion ChapelRef 5-643
Opened in 1862.

On 3rd May 1864, Mrs Sunderland was one of a number of ladies who attended the stalls at a bazaar at Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade to raise funds to liquidate the debt on the Chapel. About £490 was owing, and £200 had been promised on condition that the balance would be raised during May 1864

Shibden United Methodist ChapelRef 5-S296
Closed 1931

Shoebroad Farm Meeting HouseRef 5-S253
In 1695, a group of Quakers moved their meetings from Pilkington Hall, Mankinholes to this new meeting house in Todmorden.

The burial ground was opened in 1699.

The meeting house has gone, but the burial ground remains

Shore General Baptist Chapel, TodmordenRef 5-S545
Shore Green.

Founded by a group of 7 people, including Dan Taylor.

It was built in 1777. The land measured 87 ft by 48 ft.

Originally, baptisms were performed at 8:30 am at Wittonstall Bridge in the clough which ran below the Chapel.

A set of (worn) stone steps leads from Wittonstall clough to gates of the Chapel.

In 1871, the baptismal font was built inside the Chapel.

A Sunday School was built by Rev J. Midgley around 1820.

The Chapel and the land was extended in 1853 and 1871.

The roof collapsed and required expensive work.

The Chapel suffered from dry rot and closed in the 1960s. Services continued at the Sunday School.

All that now remains are:

  • The derelict shell of the Chapel without its roof
  • The Graveyard of which a part is still  maintained
  • The Sunday school which has been converted into a private  house

 
Pastors at the Church have included


 

There were offshoot Societies at: Cornholme / Lineholme Baptist Church, Stansfield / Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden and / Wellington Road Baptist Church, Todmorden.

See Lineholme Baptist Graveyard, Quaker Burial Ground, Shore, Shore Baptist Roll of Honour, Shore War Memorial and The Story of Shore Baptist Chapel

Shore General  Baptist Graveyard, TodmordenRef 5-659
The graveyard for Shore General Baptist Chapel, Todmorden stands on the steep hillside below the Chapel and to the south of the Chapel.

Only a section is still partly maintained

Siddal Mission RoomRef 5-387
Opened on Whitegate in August 1869.

The church was made of iron and became known by a variety of names – the iron church, the tin church or the tin tabernacle – and seated about 130.

After a time, the little church proved inadequate for the growing population, and was often filled to overflowing, and anniversary services had to be held in the schools.

The people were enthusiastic and a movement was started to press for a new church.

It was superseded by St Mark's Parish Church in 1915

Siddal Parish ChurchRef 5-1234

Siddal Wesleyan Methodist ChurchRef 5-210
Oxford Lane. Opened in 1877

The Church closed in 1985. Many members moved to Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church, Halifax.

The Church was demolished in 19??.

See Siddal Wesleyan Methodist Memorial, Siddal Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School and Wesleyan Methodist

Simpson Road Church, BoothtownRef 5-281
See Mount Carmel Chapel

SionRef 5-5500
A Hebrew word often used to refer to Jerusalem. The form Zion is also used

Sion Congregational Church, HalifaxRef 5-S304
Wade Street.

This was originally an Independent Chapel built for David Barraclough and a group who had been Wesleyan Methodists.

They moved to Stainland.

The Chapel was then used by the followers of Joanna Southcott. Their numbers declined around 1815.

A group from Square Chapel used the building for 2 years. In 1816, they bought the building.

A new chapel was built and opened on 13th February 1819. The cost of the building was over £6,000. It had seats for over 1000 and there was a schoolroom in the basement.

There was a burial ground attached to the Church.

The façade may be the work of R. D. Chantrell and is listed.

John Baldwin was a trustee.

In 1837, they transferred their little cause at Pellon to Pellon Lane Baptists.

In 1846, the Sion Sunday School was added.

In 1866, the Jubilee Memorial Hall was added.

Around 1850, the organ was sold to the Providence Congregational Church, Stainland for £100.

David Livingstone gave a sermon and a lecture here in 1857.

A dispute broke out over temperance amongst members of the Church – including Benjamin Greenwood Smith – who left to set up Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax.

The Church closed for burials in 1922.

The Church and the school closed in 1959.

The building was used by Scipio Brook Limited for a time.

Parts of the building have been incorporated into Halifax Bus Station.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

See Scipio Brook, Halifax Sunday School Union, Edwin Hardcastle, John Moore, Park Congregational Church, Halifax, Sion Branch Congregational Sunday School, Bank Top and Sion Congregational Church Memorial, Halifax

Sion Congregational Graveyard, HalifaxRef 5-570
The graveyard of Sion Congregational Church, Halifax.

When the Church and Burial Ground closed, the remains of 1725 people were transferred and reinterred at Stoney Royd Cemetery in a single vault, under the commemoration stone and stones which make up a series of steps [1963]

Sisters' ChapelsRef 5-320
The Coley Chapel and Eastfield Chapel which are said to have been built by the Appleyard sisters. The Chapels are said to be one mile apart

Skircoat Green United Methodist Free ChapelRef 5-591
Recorded in 1896, when Rev W. Reed was Minister

Skircoat Green Wesleyan ChurchRef 5-35
On 10th January 1864, the boiler in the school room / Preaching Room beneath the Chapel exploded, injuring Mrs Ann Smith, wife of the chapel keeper.

Recorded in 1905

Slack ChapelRef 5-397
See Stone Slack Particular Baptist Church, Heptonstall

Snake Hill Meeting House, RastrickRef 5-165
A Quaker meeting house built at Snake Hill around 1650.

This was rebuilt in 1736/7. This was (possibly) the oldest purpose-built, monthly Meeting House for the Quakers.

Amongst those who contributed to the building were Thomas Cooper who gave £4 2/- and Malon Cooper who gave £2 2/-

In 1868, they built and moved to Newlands Meeting House.

See Richard Hanson, Quaker Burial Ground, Rastrick and Captain Thomas Taylor

South Parade Methodist Chapel, HalifaxRef 5-S303

See David Barraclough, Bintliff Mite Box, John Crossley, John Greenwood and South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax Graveyard

South Parade Methodist Graveyard, HalifaxRef 5-585
There was a large burial ground attached to South Parade Methodist Chapel.

In the 1870s, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway demanded the compulsory purchase of the graveyard to enable expansion of the adjacent goods yard.

The chapel closed in 1880.

When the Burial Ground closed, the remains were transferred and reinterred at Stoney Royd Cemetery [April 1883]

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4

Southend Chapel, EllandRef 5-395
Another name for the Elland Unitarian Chapel of 1785 to 1866

Southgate Chapel, EllandRef 5-351
Another name for the Elland Unitarian Chapel of 1785 to 1866

Southgate Methodist Chapel, EllandRef 5-S393
In 1974, St Paul's Methodist Chapel, Elland was renamed.

See Southgate Methodist Chapel, Elland War Memorials and Temperance Methodist Chapel, Elland

Southowram Bank Mission ChurchRef 5-181
See St Michael's & All Angels' Church, Southowram Bank

Southowram VicarageRef 5-826
The vicarage to St Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram, stands next to the church in Church Lane.

See Vicars of Southowram

Southowram Wesleyan ChapelRef 5-56
Chapel Lane.

Opened in 1806.

The Chapel closed in 2005 and subsequently merged with Boothtown United Methodist Free Chapel to become Boothtown & Southowram Methodist Church.

See Charles Farrar, Job Freeman, Southowram Wesleyan Chapel War Memorial, Southowram Wesleyan Chapel Graveyard, James Wadsworth and Wesleyan Methodist

Southowram Wesleyan GraveyardRef 5-599
The graveyard lies on the west side of Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram, Chapel Lane.

The Chapel closed in April 2005.

The graveyard is still there.

Sowden ChapelRef 5-278
Chapel in the south choir aisle at Hebden Bridge Parish Church built by Sutcliffe & Sutcliffe in memory of Rev George Sowden. It was consecrated on 7th May 1904 In 1929, the altar rails were a gift of the Hey family

Sowerby Bridge Baptist ChurchRef 5-S374
Upper Fountain Street.

The Baptist cause here was promoted by members of other churches – notably Rishworth – who came to live in the town. They first rented a room in Sowerby Bridge. In April 1878, they rented a room at the Town Hall.

In 1884, they bought land for a new Church, This was built in 1885, by William Henry Dodgson Horsfall.

It subsequently united with Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge.

In 1892, the Church was free from debt.

In August 1892, 19 members formed a separate Church.

In 1900, new schools were built and alterations made to the Church at a cost of £1,000.

 
Pastors at the Church have included


 

Closed in 1967 and demolished for construction of a new church.

See Norland Baptist Church and Sowerby Bridge Baptist Church Memorial

Sowerby Bridge CemeteryRef 5-S117
Cemetery Road.

The Cemetery was designed by William Gay [1814-1893], and was opened in 1861 by the Sowerby Bridge Board of Health.

There were 2 chapels: one for Anglican burials and one for Nonconformists.

The Nonconformist Chapel is listed.

On 27th December 1902, a number of oak trees were planted in the Cemetery by Mr & Mrs Frank Clay and members of their family.

There were 2 chapels: one for Anglican burials and one for Nonconformists. The Nonconformist Chapel is listed

Details of some other burials at the Cemetery can be found at Sowerby Bridge Burial Board 1871-1902.

See Quaker Burial Ground, Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby Bridge Church InstituteRef 5-386
Tuel Lane. Recorded in 1905

Sowerby Bridge Evangelical Methodist Free ChurchRef 5-211
Opened in 18??

Sowerby Bridge Independent ChapelRef 5-375
In October 1838, a chapel was discussed. The land was bought from Robert Edleston. He also gave £100 to the construction. The Chapel opened on 10th June 1840.

See Rishworth Independent Chapel

Sowerby Bridge Methodist ChurchRef 5-4
Stood below the junction of Wakefield Road and Bolton Brow. Built in 1806 as Sowerby Bridge's first Methodist chapel.

In 1780, the Wesleyan Methodists preached at Sterne Mills Their first chapel was built in Sowerby Bridge in 1801. This became a day school.

In 1831, the new larger Bolton Brow Methodist Chapel was built to replace it.

It had a number of uses over the years – including school, cinema and dance hall – and was generally referred to as the Victoria Assembly Rooms. It was then used as the social club for the Sowerby Bridge carpet firm Homfray's.

When the firm discontinued this, they offered the empty building to Sowerby Bridge Council – which refused the gift.

In September 1958, the building was demolished

Sowerby Bridge Parish ChurchRef 5-274

Sowerby Bridge Primitive Methodist ChapelRef 5-18
Sowerby Street / Sowerby New Road.

Opened in 1839.

In August 1864, the interior was cleaned & repainted, and a neat platform installed to replace the earlier pulpit.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

In 1870, the congregation moved to the larger
Sowerby New Road Primitive Methodist Chapel

Sowerby Bridge VicarageRef 5-833
The residence of the incumbent of Sowerby Bridge.

In 1881, it was listed with Claremont Street and Shepherd Villa, Warley.

Until around 1905, it stood on Wood Nook Lane / Beech Road, Sowerby.

In 19??, a new Vicarage was built on Park Road and the old building became the Woodnook Inn.

See Vicars of Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby Bridge Wesleyan Mission ChapelRef 5-455
Foundry Street. Built in 18??.

 
Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

Details of the organ in the Chapel can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

It is now Sowerby Bridge Youth & Community Centre.

See Sowerby Bridge Wesleyan Mission Chapel Memorial

Sowerby ChapelRef 5-S309
See St Peter's Church, Sowerby

Sowerby Green Congregational ChapelRef 5-S352
Aka Old Green Congregational Chapel, Sowerby Congregational Chapel, and Sowerby Independent Chapel.

Originating in 1645, this is said to have been the oldest surviving Congregational community in Yorkshire. The Chapel was started by a group of dissenters from St Peter's Church.

The Chapel opened in 1721.

The worshippers provided their own straw, rugs or mats for comfort. The seating was on benches. The single pew was occupied by Mr Lea.

In time, some left to establish the Friends' Meeting House in Quarry Hill, others established Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, and Rooley Lane Methodists and Providence Methodist Chapel.

The building became too small and a Gothic Chapel was rebuilt by John Hogg at a cost of £2,300.

The foundation stone was laid 4th August 1860. The new Chapel opened on 11th September 1861.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

The organ was installed in 18??, replacing the earlier orchestra of bassoon, cello, clarinet and violin.

In 1960, the neighbouring manse, where the minister lived, was sold.

In 1964, the Chapel merged with Luddendenfoot Congregational Chapel.

The Chapel closed in 197?.

It was demolished in summer 1980.

Some of the stonework was rescued and is incorporated into the garden wall of a house in Sowerby.

The graveyard is still there.

See Henry Root

Sowerby Green Congregational GraveyardRef 5-632
Sowerby Green Congregational Chapel was demolished in summer 1980.

The graveyard and gates remain

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Sowerby Independent ChapelRef 5-380
Foundation stone laid 4th August 1860

Sowerby New Road Primitive Methodist ChapelRef 5-8
Designed by Samuel Utley. Built at a cost of £3,000.

The corner stone was laid on 15th May 1869 by Mr Cunliffe of Sowerby Bridge and Haslingden.

It accommodated 600 worshippers. A schoolroom was a part of the design.

The congregation moved here from Sowerby Bridge Primitive Methodist Chapel, Opened on 14th April 1870.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

Closed in 1958.

The building was demolished and a telephone exchange stands on the site

See John Robinson

Sowerby New Wesleyan ChapelRef 5-792

Sowerby Old Road Quaker ChapelRef 5-93
Sowerby Street

Sowerby Old Wesleyan ChapelRef 5-78
Aka Cross Stone Wesleyan Chapel.

When the Methodist meeting place in Luke Farrar's cottage at Carr, Sowerby became too small, a new Chapel was erected [1787] at a cost of £420.

The building was destroyed by fire on 11th March 1876.

After the fire, services were held at Sowerby Green Congregational Church and then at the Sowerby Grammar School until the new Chapel opened. Rooley Lane Wesleyan Chapel & Sunday School were built on the same site and opened in 1877

See Sowerby Methodism

Sowerby Parish ChurchRef 5-383

Sowerby Parish Church: ApseRef 5-706
The apse of St Peter's Church, Sowerby is semicircular.

Giuseppe Cortese completed plasterwork in the apse and the chancel in 1766.

The central Venetian window in the apse is flanked by relief figures of Moses and Christ and dominated by the Royal Arms of George III.

A brass plate records

To the Glory of God, and in memory of Robert Stansfeld of Field House, who died August 2nd 1855, aged 83 years; and Lydia his wife, who died July 31st 1816, aged 36 years.
This window is placed here AD 1862

Rev Alexander Louis Wellington Bean placed 2 mosaics in the apse in memory of his wife Ellen Susanna

The organ stands to the north of the apse

Sowerby Parish Church: BellsRef 5-708
In the first subscription list for Sowerby Church, George Stansfeld gave £200 – specifically for the bells.

The 8 bells in the Church were made by William Chapman of London [1781]. They were recast to celebrate the coronation of Elizabeth II by John Taylor & Company of Whitechapel, London, at their foundry in Loughborough [1954].

The bells are inscribed

This is said to be the first peal of 8 bells to be hung in Yorkshire.

They were re-cast in 1954 to celebrate the coronation of Elizabeth II.

In 1967, Muriel, widow of George Reginald Stansfeld, restored the belfry at the Church.

See William Sottenstall

Sowerby Parish Church: FontsRef 5-705
There are 2 fonts in St Peter's Church, Sowerby:

Sowerby Parish Church: GalleryRef 5-707
The gallery St Peter's Church, Sowerby is horse-shoe-shaped. It is reached via the stairs in the tower

Sowerby Parish Church: OrganRef 5-709
The organ in St Peter's Church, Sowerby stands north of the apse.

There was an organ by Donaldson of York [1791].

In May 1861, John Rawson presented a new organ by Conacher & Company of Huddersfield, in memory of William Priestley.

The present organ is by J. J. Binns and is dated 1914 Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register

Sowerby Parish Church: Other MemorialsRef 5-713
In addition to the war memorials, there are other memorials in St Peter's Church, Sowerby

Sowerby Parish Church: PulpitRef 5-711
The pulpit of St Peter's Church, Sowerby stands at the south side of the entrance to the chancel

Sowerby Parish Church: WindowsRef 5-710
Beside those in the apse, there are several notable stained glass windows in St Peter's Church, Sowerby.

The numbering here is that used in the booklet produced by the Church

  • Window #1: on the left as your enter the South Door
  • Window #2: in the south aisle, first on your right
  • Window #3: The Henrietta Rawson memorial window
  • Window #4: The Stansfield Memorial window to the memory of Colonel Robert Stansfield and his wife, Hannah Lætitia
  • Window #5:
  • Window #6:
  • Window #7:
  • Window #8:
  • Window #9:
  • Window #10:
  • Window #11: The East Window in the Apse
  • Window #12:
  • Window #13:
  • Window #14:
  • Window #15:
  • Window #16:
  • Window #17:
  • Window #18: He is risen, He is not here
  • Window #19:
  • Window #20:

Sowerby United Reformed ChurchRef 5-X55
Opened in 18??.

Closed in the 1960s. Demolished in the 1970s

Sowerby VicarageRef 5-704
Butterworth Lane.

In 1722, Elkanah Horton gave Butterworth Lane Ends to Sowerby Church.

It became the Vicarage for St Peter's Church, Sowerby.

Dated

Rebuilt by R. Webster 1790

There is an architect's drawing dated 1827 by John Oates.

The vicarage was sold in 1965.

It is now known as The Glebe, Sowerby.

See Tillotson portrait, Vicarage Farm, Sowerby and Vicars of Sowerby

Sowood Wesleyan Methodist ChurchRef 5-212
Opened in 18??.

The church closed around 1984.

It is now a private house.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

See Sowood Wesleyan Methodist Memorial and Wesleyan Methodist

Soyland Town United Methodist ChurchRef 5-894
Recorded in 1912, when Herbert Sutcliffe was a member of the Church & Sunday School, and in 1914, when Miss Annie Matilda Bottomley was a member and a teacher

Spiritualist Hall, TodmordenRef 5-439
Recorded in 1905 at Dale Street.

See Spiritualism and Todmorden Spiritualists' Temple

Spiritualist Progressive Lyceum, Sowerby BridgeRef 5-S1471
Hollins Lane.

The Sowerby Bridge society was founded by Edward Wood in 1869, at his home Rose Mount, Sowerby Bridge.

They later moved to the home of William Robinson at Causeway Head.

Early meetings were held at Warley Edge, Brearley, Pellon, and Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge.

The Lyceum was built in 1874. It opened on Sunday, 7th June 1874.

The first Trustees were

  • Henry Broadbent [the first Secretary]
  • T. Gaukroger
  • J. Harwood
  • J. Lord
  • William Robinson
  • Joseph Sutcliffe
  • T. Thorpe [Treasurer]
  • H. Whittaker [Conductor]

Recorded in June 1896, when Anniversary Services were held.

See William Greenwood, Ernest Holroyd, Spiritualism and Abbey Durio Wilson

Spiritualists' Lyceum, BrighouseRef 5-373
Martin Street. Recorded in 1900.

See National Spiritualist Church, Brighouse and Spiritualism

Spiritualists' Lyceum, GreetlandRef 5-872
Green Lane. Recorded in 1901.

See Spiritualism

Springside Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, StansfieldRef 5-214
Opened by a group who left Rodwell End Meeting House, Stansfield.

On 26th July 1873, the corner-stone was laid. On 15th October 1874, the new Chapel opened. The cost was over £3,000.

The church was renovated in 1897. A new organ built by Alfred Kirkland was opened on 25th September 1897.

The chapel closed in 1954. The stained glass window was moved to Mankinholes Chapel

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

See Springside Wesleyan Methodist Memorial and Wesleyan Methodist

Square Church Pleasant Sunday Afternoon SocietyRef 5-739
Halifax.

A Pleasant Sunday Afternoon group at Square Congregational Church

Square Congregational Church, HalifaxRef 5-S181
Victorian church built at The Square in 14th-century Gothic style designed by Joseph James for Sir Francis Crossley and the Crossley family.

Opened on 15th July 1857.

See Saul Blagborough, Lawson Saville, Square Church Brotherhood Forward Movement, Square Church Memorial, Square Church Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society, Square Church Sisterhood Committee, Square Congregational Graveyard, Halifax, Square Literary & Debating Society, Square Mutual Improvement Society and Square Young Men's Society

Square Congregational Graveyard, HalifaxRef 5-888
The graveyard for Square Congregational Church, Halifax.

The gravestones were moved to Stoney Royd and Lister Lane Cemetery when work began on the new Library [2014].

The following people, and/or members of their family, were buried and/or have memorials here:


 

In 2014, when work began on the Graveyard in preparation for the new Halifax Central Library, the gravestones were cleared and around 155 headstones were rescued and taken to Lister Lane Cemetery where they now form a path at the lower end of the Cemetery

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #3

Square Independent Chapel, HalifaxRef 5-S333
The red brick chapel was built at The Square by Thomas Bradley for Titus Knight.

Founder members include

This was the first Independent congregation in Halifax.

The Chapel opened on 24th May 1772.

Contributor Lesley Abernethy notes that

The IGI has baptisms for the Chapel dating back to 1763, and the National Directory of Parish Registers says its registers go back to 1760.

See Cornelius Ashworth, Crossley family graves, Abel Wadsworth Dean, Gaol Lane, Range Bank Day School, Halifax, Refurbished Piece Hall, Square Chapel Day School, Halifax, Square Chapel, Halifax, Square Independent Chapel Graveyard and Square Chapel Sunday School, Halifax

Square Independent Graveyard, HalifaxRef 5-579
The graveyard of Square Independent Chapel, Halifax lies on the east side of the building

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #3

Stafford Square Wesleyan Church, HalifaxRef 5-S334
Huddersfield Road.

The stone laying ceremony took place on 29th June 1912

The Church and Sunday school opened on 3rd March 1913. The cost was £3,500.

It was demolished in the 1960s. St Andrew's Methodist Church was built on the site

Stainland & Holywell Green Congregational ChurchRef 5-8100

Stainland & Holywell Green United Reformed ChurchRef 5-H334
Aka Holywell Green United Reformed Church.

Built in 1853 by Joseph James as Holywell Green Congregational Church / Stainland & Holywell Green Congregational Church

In 1852, John Crossley built a day school which became Stainland & Holywell Green United Reformed School

In April 1872, a new church was planned by the Shaw family for their model village. This opened in April 1874 It had a pulpit of Caen stone and polished granite pillars. It cost £10,000. It accommodated 620 worshippers. A new organ was added in 1876. In 1880, the church was conveyed by Shaw's to trustees, and had a value of about £20,000.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

The congregation declined to around 30. The church hall was converted into a chapel to accommodate 100.

The church closed in 197?. Demolished in October 1978.

Much of the furniture, pews and stained glass, was exported to America.

The Church is still there – in the former Stainland & Holywell Green United Reformed School.

See Holywell Green Congregational Memorial, Holywell Green United Reformed Church Graveyard, Charles E. Rothwell and Stainland Graveyard

Stainland & Outlane, Parish ofRef 5-S1030
See Elland Chapelry, Outlane and St Mary Magdalene Church, Outlane

Stainland GraveyardRef 5-916
This includes the burial grounds of

The original entrance was via a track from Providence Chapel; this is now blocked off.

The new entrance is via Fall Spring

Stainland Independent ChapelRef 5-155
Built in 1814 by a group who had left Stainland Independent Church after there had been a disagreement over the reading of prayers

Stainland Independent ChurchRef 5-466
Aka Stainland Providence Independent Chapel. A name given to the church at Stainland.

Because it was the only place of worship in the area, the church was shared by Anglicans and Nonconformists – Wesleyans and Independents – for their Sunday services.

In 1812, the Anglicans insisted that their service be used, and a split followed. The Independents left to build Providence Congregational Chapel [1814].

In 1838, the Anglicans took full control of the church, and the present St Andrew's Church was built on the same site in 1839. The Wesleyans left to build Stainland Wesleyan Chapel.

See Stainland Independent Church Graveyard

Stainland Independent GraveyardRef 5-754
The burial ground for Stainland Independent Church

Stainland Providence Congregational ChurchRef 5-887

Stainland Providence Congregational GraveyardRef 5-917

Stainland Providence Congregational ManseRef 5-909

Stainland Providence United Reformed ChurchRef 5-918

Stainland Road Methodist Chapel, West ValeRef 5-316
Brow Bridge.

Aka West Vale Methodist Chapel, West Vale Wesleyan Chapel.

On 15th April 1870, 2 corner-stones were laid – by William Handley of Rochdale and Joseph Handley of Rochdale – for a new Chapel. The new Chapel was to cost £1,000. The design was by Samuel Utley.

The roof was damaged by a fire at neighbouring mills on 21st December 1893.

Closed in 1946.

It was demolished in 1952

The sale of the Chapel raised £100 for the freehold site, £205 for the stone, £250 for 4,200 blue slates, and £4 for the glass vestry screens. Rev H. Stratton bought the doors and partition for alterations being made to a Stainland Methodist Chapel

The Sam Robinson Hoyle Memorial Garden now stands on the site

Stainland VicarageRef 5-825
Stainland Road.

The vicarage for St Andrew's Church, Stainland.

The tram service, which began in 1921, ran as far as the Café by the vicarage.

See Vicars of Stainland

Stainland Wesleyan ChapelRef 5-110
Built by a group of Wesleyan Methodists who left the shared chapel which became St Andrew's Church, Stainland. Eli Walker laid the foundation stone. The Wesleyan chapel opened on 27th March 1840. It cost £2,010 5/11d to build.

It accommodated around 540 worshippers [1845].

The Sunday School next door accommodated 400 scholars. The first entry in the school register was in 1835.

In 1887, a church magazine was published.

In the 1890s, a church organ fund was started.

[?] It was reopened in March 1900.

The first marriage was conducted in 1903.

It thrived until the 1950s when, despite efforts to reinvigorate it and to attract people from the newly-built housing estate which surrounded it, numbers began to diminish and continued to decline until 1963 when the Chapel closed.

The building was sold to a private buyer and demolished. Some of the stone from it was used to build the two bungalows which now occupy the site. The pulpit went to the Derby Bar, Rishworth.

Services continued in the Sunday School until 1968 when it closed. Rev R. C. Bedford gave the final service.

In 1972, the Church and the school were demolished.

The chapel had a large graveyard which, although closed, still exists under the care of the local authority.

See Croft House, Stainland, Resting Where No Shadows Fall, William Smith and Stainland Wesleyan Memorials

Stainland Wesleyan GraveyardRef 5-594
Stainland Wesleyan Chapel had a large burial ground which, although closed, still exists under the care of the local authority.

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4

See Resting Where No Shadows Fall and Stainland Wesleyan Graveyard MIs

Standeven's ChapelRef 5-750
Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church, Halifax was popularly known as Standeven's Chapel after 1922 when J. W. Standeven of Skipton agreed to meet the cost of the new Church in memory of his mother Charlotte who had been a member of the Church

Stannary Congregational Church, HalifaxRef 5-94
Stannary Street / Alma Street.

In 1881, it was listed between No.8 & No.48 Stannary Street.

Financed and built by Thomas Smith Scarborough and his family.

The church was established on account of a dispute over Temperance amongst members of Sion Congregational Church – including Benjamin Greenwood Smith.

The construction cost £3,720.

Subscribers included

Opened on 6th July 1870.

On 13th July 1870, a tea and public meeting was held to celebrate the opening of the new school in connection with the Church.

On 1st July 1872, the building was registered for the solemnisation of marriages.

Thomas Smith Scarborough was deacon until 1884.

On 2nd July 1884, the Church was threatened by one of the largest fires in the district at the works of B. G. Smith & Sons; some nearby cottages were destroyed.

On 31st October 1930, the Halifax Choir Festival was held here.

The Church closed in 1939/1940.

The Church was demolished in the 1940s.

 
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included


 

See James Malcolm Bowman, Richard Edwin Feather and Stannary Congregational Church Memorial

Stansfield ChapelRef 5-476
An early Independent group which met at the Great House, Stansfield.

See Bent Head Chapel, Chapel House, Stansfield and Myrtle Grove Independent Chapel, Eastwood

The Stations of the Cross, GreetlandRef 5-749
14 panels at St Thomas's Church, Greetland created by local potter Pat Kaye, to mark the 125th anniversary of the church. The work was dedicated on 3rd July 1988. The panels, ranging in size from 1 ft square to 6 ft tall. The work was commissioned by Mrs Shirley Garnett, whose husband, Bill, a dentist, was killed in the M6 mini-bus crash at Lune Bridge in September 1987

Steep Lane Baptist Church, SowerbyRef 5-S325
The first Church was built in 1751.

See Sing, Mr Standeven, Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby Memorial, Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby Graveyard, Steep Lane, Manse, Samuel Whiteley and W. Henry Wild

Steep Lane Baptist Graveyard, SowerbyRef 5-633
The graveyard for Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

Steep Lane, ManseRef 5-779
The manse for Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby

Stone Chair TabernacleRef 5-322
Bill Lane, Shelf. Opened around 1887 – during the ministry of Rev R. Collinson – as a branch of Bethel Methodist Chapel, Shelf. The chapel occupied 2 cottages which had been lent by Henry Bottomley

It closed in the 1970s

Stone Slack Particular Baptist Church, HeptonstallRef 5-75
Aka Slack Chapel, Slack Top Chapel.

In 1711, Thomas Greenwood bought a barn and converted it for use as a Baptist Church.

It had a joint minister with Rodwell End Chapel.

 
Pastors at the Church have included


 

By 1806, it had fallen into disuse and a group from Birchcliffe Chapel held their meetings here before Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack was built

Stones Methodist Graveyard, RippondenRef 5-634
The graveyard for Stones Methodist Church, Ripponden.

When the old Church of 1804 fell into disrepair, a new building was erected alongside the old Church in 1902. The old Church was then demolished and the land was incorporated into the graveyard.

Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1

See Lighthazels Chapel, Soyland

Stones Wesleyan Methodist Church, RippondenRef 5-S402
Rochdale Road.

Built in 1803 and opened in 1804.

It accommodated 350 worshippers [1845].

A Sunday school was established in 1815.

In 1816, two break-away groups left the Church.

One went to establish Lighthazels United Methodist Chapel, Ripponden, the other established Ebenezer Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Soyland.

The old Church fell into disrepair and the present building was erected alongside the old Church in 1902.

The old Church was then demolished and the land was incorporated into the graveyard.

The building was refurbished in 2004.

Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

 
Ministers at the Church have included


 

See Edward Navey's Charity, Stones Wesleyan Chapel School, Ripponden, Stones Wesleyan Methodist Church War Memorial, Triangle Wesleyan Methodist Church War Memorial and Wesleyan Methodist

Stoney Royd CemeteryRef 5-S104
Aka Halifax Corporation Cemetery.

The Borough cemetery built by Halifax Corporation on the site of Stoney Royd House.

It opened in 1863.

See Lister Lane Plot 170, Marshall Hunsworth, Quarmby & Mills, William Riley and South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax Graveyard

The Burial Registers are shown in the CD entitled Stoney Royd Burial Registers

Stott's Mission, BrighouseRef 5-484
Bethel Street. The Salvation Army held their meetings here before moving to the Salvation Army Citadel, Brighouse

Summit Primitive Methodist ChapelRef 5-172
Calderbrook. Opened in 1866.

 
Ministers at the Chapel have included


 

Summit Wesleyan Methodist TempleRef 5-174
Calderbrook. Opened in 1839. It was enlarged in 1868. It was rebuilt in 1871

Sutcliffe Street Chapel, PellonRef 5-280


Question: Can anyone tell me anything about this Chapel?

 

Swamp Chapel, QueensburyRef 5-786
See West End Methodist Chapel, Queensbury



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