In 1977, the church was reconsecrated and became the Ukrainian
Church of Holy Protection, Halifax
Several Calderdale people were buried / cremated here including
Some of the chapels here were designed by Lockwood & Mawson
Joseph Barker preached at the opening of the Chapel.
The building is dated
A choir gallery was added around 1880.
The chapel was extended in 1925.
Like
Zion Congregational Church, Ripponden and
Rishworth Independent Chapel,
the chapel chose to remain independent after the
Congregationalists and the
Presbyterians merged to form the
United Reformed Church in 1972.
See
Union Croft Chapel, Ambler Thorn Graveyard
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4
For the Catholic community in and around Hebden Bridge, a room in
Union Street, above Commercial Street, was used by the local Catholic
community until 1896 when Father Maximilian Tillman founded the St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Church, Hebden Bridge
The Unitarians in Todmorden first met in a room in a house in Hanging
Ditch.
In 1823-4, they built the first dedicated Chapel and
School.
Fielden bought the chapel in 1828 and paid off the group's debts.
On 28th November 1869, this became the Sunday school when the new
Unitarian Church was built.
It was extended in 1899, and reopened as the Unitarian Sunday School.
A stone is inscribed
See
Unitarian Chapel, Todmorden Graveyard
Neo-Gothic church designed by John Gibson, and built by the
Fielden family in memory of their father, John Fielden
See
Joshua Fielden,
Josiah Lord,
Unitarian Church, Todmorden Memorials,
Todmorden Unitarian Church Burial Society,
Todmorden Unitarian Church Vicarage,
Unitarian Church, Todmorden Bells and
Unitarian Church, Todmorden Graveyard
The tower has a peal of 8 bells and a carillon with a programme of 4
tunes.
The bells and the bearings deteriorated and became unsafe and they
were silenced around 2010.
Thanks to a bequest of £46,985 by Geoffrey Cheetham, a
member of the bell-ringers at the Church, the bells and the mechanism
were restored in 2013
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #2
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #2
See
David Richard Smith and
Southowram Bank Board School
The Church – to replace the old chapel at Highmoor Lane – was built on land bought from Sir George Armytage for £340.
The Church was designed by R. F. Rogerson.
The foundation stone was laid on 4th July 1874 by Benjamin Howe.
The Church was opened on Easter Monday 29th March 1875 by Thomas Ormerod.
Trustees of the Church included
The Church stands opposite St John's Church.
The original harmonium, installed in 1873, was replaced by a
hand-pumped organ in 1890.
Electricity replaced the old gas lighting in 1949.
The church is still active.
See
Clement Rukin and
John Herbert Rukin
Around 1870, a Conacher organ was installed.
Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
In the 1960s, there were plans to merge with St Stephen's Church, Copley but this was abandoned in 1971.
The church became the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Copley
The Church was at Grid Reference SE117236.
Around 1855, the minister at Southowram Wesleyan Chapel forbade
preacher Charles Farrar to read from a number of circulars
which were upsetting the Methodists at that time.
In support, many of his workers withdrew their membership of the
Chapel.
This led to the establishment of United Methodist Free Church.
The Church opened on 7th October 1859.
The Wesleyan Reform Movement were members here.
The building became unsafe and the Church closed in 1958 when repairs
proved too costly.
The society rejoined the Wesleyans [1958] to become Southowram
Methodists.
The building was demolished.
See
Charles Farrar and
United Methodist Free Church, Southowram Graveyard
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #2
Around 1887
and the interior was taken out and rearranged.
The old organ was sold and a new one installed.
The changes cost £2,300.
The gable ends were rebuilt, the roof strengthened and the gas
lighting rearranged at a further cost of £350.
In 1897, a house was bought and furnished for the Minister.
This cost £500.
Around 1900, it was replaced by St Paul's Methodist Chapel, Sowerby Bridge.
Around 1900, Joseph Whiteley was organist at the Chapel
A New Connexion Chapel built in 1773 at Upper Brockholes.
It was rebuilt in 1815 and 1831.
The interior was refurbished around 1870.
It was restored in 1881 by Leeming & Leeming.
There is a sundial dated 1773 and inscribed Mount
Sion.
The Minister's house stands west of the Chapel
See
Upper Brockholes Methodist Chapel Graveyard
This was the first Baptist church in the district.
It was constructed to serve the local quarry workers.
Founder members of the Church included
George Carr Jessop.
On 7th June 1890, the foundation stone was laid by Joseph
Brooke of Lindley, and corner stones were laid by
William Smith,
Mrs Jos. Smith of Lindley,
Mrs Kidney of Leicester,
and
Mrs J. I. Mortimer of Rastrick.
It cost £3,000 to build.
Opened in May 1891.
An organ was installed in April 1894.
On
22nd December 1894,
a storm damaged the Church.
The roof and the side walls collapsed, leaving only the gables
standing, and the furniture was crushed.
The organ escaped damage.
The Church was not insured and there was still £800 to pay of
the initial building costs.
It cost £1,500 to rebuild.
Mayor William Smith organised a relief fund.
On 19th April 1919, a new organ was dedicated in memory of those who
died in World War I.
See
Job Crowther and
Upper Edge Baptist Church Memorial
UNION CROFT CHAPEL AD 1842
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
TO THE MEMORY OF SAMUEL, JOHN, AND JOSHUA FIELDEN,
Constant Benefactors of THE UNITARIAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL
This stone was laid by S. ALFRED STEINTHAL June 17th 1899
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Ministers at the Church have included
Ministers at the Church have included
it had become patent to everyone that the great mistake had been made
in the structural arrangement of the chapel
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Pastors at the Church have included
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