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
See
St Matthew's Memorials, Lightcliffe
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Linda Briggs
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
Closed 19??.
See
Chapel of ease
See
St Andrew's, Stainland Memorial,
St Andrew's Church, Stainland Graveyard,
Stainland Cross and
Stainland Vicarage
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & Peter Stubbs
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Hoyle & Sue Watson
Opened 1965.
The congregations from 4 local Methodist churches – including
St John's Methodist Church, Prescott Street
- moved to here
This & associated entries use material contributed by Margaret Barnes
Built in 1897.
John Taylor Ramsden contributed a large amount towards the cost.
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
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.
This & associated entries use material contributed by Elaine Hodkinson
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Rushworth
It is said that Cromwell's soldiers sharpened their swords on the
stone
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Elaine Hodkinson
The Church was built by public subscription in 1872-1875.
The corner stone was laid on 3rd June 1873 at a ceremony conducted
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.
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
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
See
St Barnabas's Memorial, Halifax
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
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.
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Hilary Norcliffe
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
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Mark Andrew & Alan Shaw
It closed in 1994.
It was sold in 1998 and converted into private dwellings
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.
See
St Bernard's Catholic Church Memorial and
St Bernard's School, Halifax
Closed 19??.
See
Chapel of ease
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.
See
St Chad's Memorial, Hove Edge
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe
The following people, and/or members of their family,
are recorded here:
The Church opened for worship [4th August 1934].
It was associated with All Souls' Church, Haley Hill.
Opened in 18??
See
Harry Willie Naylor and
St Edward's Mission Church, Boothtown Memorial
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.
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Izatt
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].
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Gary McDanielson
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
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
St Elyn's Chapel, Stainland appears on a list of
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
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.
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
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.
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].
The following people, and/or members of their family,
are recorded here:
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
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]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Darrell Prest
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
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]
See
St James Memorials, Hebden Bridge,
St James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge Graveyard,
Sowden Chapel and
Tin Mission, Mytholm
This & associated entries use material contributed by Diana Monahan
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
There is an organ by Conacher.
Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
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
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
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?
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
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 ...
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 Christ – The 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
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ruth Taunton
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.
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
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
This now houses the organ
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Chris Helme
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
Formerly Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Church.
See
Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Boothtown
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
The following people, and/or members of their family,
are recorded here:
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
The sod cutting ceremony for the new Church took place on 2nd April
1927.
The foundation stone is inscribed
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
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.
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Mark Andrew
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].
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
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
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
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.
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Barbara Bolt
See
David Fox,
Madame Anne Fox,
St John the Evangelist Memorial and
John Graham Wheelwright
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
See
St John's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Memorial,
William Teal and
Wesleyan Methodist
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.
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Patsy Frederiksen
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.
See
St Joseph's Catholic Church Memorial
Question:
Can anyone tell me anything about the church?
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.
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Sally Pocock
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
See
John Eastwood
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Holdsworth
Sacred Heart & Saint Bernard's Catholic Church, Halifax Ref 5-S474 Sacred Heart & Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, Sowerby Bridge Ref 5-S403
Priests at the Church have included
Saint Aidan's Chapel, Lightcliffe Ref 5-870 Saint Aidan's Church Mission, Walsden Ref 5-251 Saint Aidan's Mission Church, Bailiff Bridge Ref 5-71 
Saint Aidan's Mission, Wainstalls Ref 5-495
Saint Alban's Catholic Church, Halifax Ref 5-106
Priests at the Church have included
Saint Andrew's Chapel of Ease, Brighouse Ref 5-137 Saint Andrew's Church, Brighouse Ref 5-145 Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland Ref 5-S388
Saint Andrew's Methodist Chapel, Halifax Ref 5-S357 
Saint Andrew's Methodist Church, Huddersfield Road Ref 5-S370
Saint Andrew's Mission Church, Holmfield Ref 5-S398
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Saint Andrew's, Stainland: Graveyard Ref 5-642
Saint Anne's Cemetery, Southowram Ref 5-881
Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram Ref 5-S185
Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram: Font Ref 5-874
Saint Anne's in the Grove Churchyard, Southowram Ref 5-571
Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon Ref 5-S194
with Masonic formalities
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint Augustine's Vicarage, Halifax Ref 5-829
Gas Explosion at Pellon Vicarage.
Saint Barnabas's Church, Shore Ref 5-384 Saint Barnabas's Mission Church, Halifax Ref 5-462
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Saint Bartholomew's Chapel, Stainland Ref 5-407 Saint Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head Ref 5-73
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden Ref 5-S196 
Saint Bartholomew's Graveyard, Dean Head Ref 5-651
Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden: Graveyard Ref 5-532
Saint Bernadette's Catholic Church, Mixenden Ref 5-125
Saint Bernard's Catholic Church, Halifax Ref 5-S395
Priests at the Church have included
Saint Chad's Chapel of Ease, Hove Edge Ref 5-138 Saint Chad's Church, Hove Edge Ref 5-S322
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint Chad's Church, Rochdale Ref 5-862
Saint Chad's Graveyard, Rochdale Ref 5-863
Saint Chad's Mission Church & School Ref 5-778 Saint Columba's Catholic Church, Pellon Ref 5-S396
Saint Columcille's Catholic Church, Pellon Ref 5-88
Priests at the Church have included
Saint Edward's Mission Church, Boothtown Ref 5-60
Saint George's Chapel of Rest Ref 5-151 Saint George's Church, Hanover Square, London Ref 5-869 Saint George's Church, Lee Mount Ref 5-S454
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint George's Graveyard, Lee Mount Ref 5-868 Saint George's Church, Norwood Green Ref 5-50
Saint George's Church, Sowerby Ref 5-S349
Saint George's Mission Church, Ovenden Ref 5-420 Saint George's, Sowerby: Graveyard Ref 5-628
Saint Helen's Church, Holywell Green Ref 5-273
Decayed Chapels for want of maintenance in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth [the First]
Saint Hilda's Church, Barkisland Ref 5-S389 Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax Ref 5-S329
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint Hilda's Mission Church, Halifax Ref 5-356
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint James & Saint Mary Church of England, Halifax Ref 5-111
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint James's Church, Calderbook Ref 5-865
Saint James's Graveyard, Calderbrook Ref 5-864
Saint James's Church, Halifax Ref 5-S302
Saint James's, Halifax: Graveyard Ref 5-578
Saint James, Halifax, Parish of Ref 5-S7001 Saint James's Parish Church, Brighouse Ref 5-S423 Saint James's Parsonage, Halifax Ref 5-831
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan BirchSaint James's Spiritual Temple, Halifax Ref 5-136 Saint James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge Ref 5-S471
Saint James the Great, Hebden Bridge: Graveyard Ref 5-550
Saint James's United Methodist Free Church, Luddenden Ref 5-S315
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Saint John's Chapel of Rest, Rastrick Ref 5-854 Saint John's Church, Hebden Bridge Ref 5-63 Saint John's Church, Ovenden Ref 5-719
This & associated entries use material contributed by Janet SeniorSaint John's Church, Stubbing Ref 5-249 Saint John's Congregational Church, Todmorden Ref 5-248 Saint John's, Halifax Ref 5-398 Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale Ref 5-16
so indifferently built that its roof has once fallen in and is now
supported by props
Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale: Graveyard Ref 5-542
Saint John's Methodist Church, Prescott Street Ref 5-S373
Saint John's Mission Church, Hebden Bridge Ref 5-279
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Saint John's Mission Church, Rastrick Ref 5-275
Saint John the Baptist's Chantry Chapel, Elland Ref 5-681 Saint John the Baptist, Coley Ref 5-C234
Saint John the Baptist, Coley: Graveyard Ref 5-541
Saint John the Baptist Eastern Orthodox Church, Boothtown Ref 5-S371 Saint John the Baptist, Halifax Ref 5-702 Saint John the Baptist, Halifax: Graveyard Ref 5-537
Saint John the Baptist's Parish Church, Halifax Ref 5-S615 Saint John the Divine, Cliviger Ref 5-858
Saint John the Divine, Cliviger: Graveyard Ref 5-859
Saint John the Divine, Rastrick Ref 5-49
Saint John the Divine, Rishworth Ref 5-33
In the faith of Jesus Christ
Saint John the Divine, Rishworth: Graveyard Ref 5-618
Saint John the Divine, Thorpe Ref 5-11
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Saint John the Divine Vicarage, Sowerby Ref 5-933 Saint John the Evangelist, Bradshaw Ref 5-15
Saint John the Evangelist, Bradshaw: Graveyard Ref 5-629
Saint John the Evangelist, Clifton Ref 5-S317
Saint John the Evangelist, Clifton: Graveyard Ref 5-640
Saint John the Evangelist, Warley Ref 5-S406
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale Ref 5-S327
Saint John's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Halifax Ref 5-300
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighouse Ref 5-S391
Priests at the Church have included
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Todmorden Ref 5-S404
Priests at the Church have included
Saint Joseph's Church, Sowerby Bridge Ref 5-492
Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park Ref 5-S314
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Saint Jude's Vicarage Ref 5-703 Saint Luke's Church, Norland Ref 5-S400
Saint Luke's, Norland: Graveyard Ref 5-561
Saint Malachy's Catholic Church, Ovenden Ref 5-S401 Saint Marie's Catholic Church, Gibbet Street Ref 5-117 Saint Mark's Parish Church, Siddal Ref 5-266