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Monuments in the churchyard of the ruined church of St Thomas a Becket, Heptonstall

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Stubbing School is to the left of the picture, behind it is the back-to-back terrace of Osborne Street. The large building on the right hand side of the picture is Zion Chapel

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HEPZIBAH Baptist Church now known as Steep Lane Chapel, Sowerby, c1965.

The first chapel on this site was built in 1751 as an Independent Church, but in 1779 it was affiliated to the Baptist movement. A new chapel was built in 1820 and was known…

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On the left is the former Unitarian Sunday School. The man is possibly Mr Collins.

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The Methodist Church hall on Market Street is on the left of the picture and opposite it is Hangingroyd Road. St Johns Church and the lower Birchcliffe houses are on the right.

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Possibly Mr Collins of Heptonstall by the Old Bridge in Hebden Bridge, taken from Old Gate, March 1970. Stubbings School is in the centre of the picture, and St john's Church on the left.

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Wedding of Philip Longbottom and Peggy Greenwood, St Michaels, Mytholmroyd. May 31st 1947.

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Slide 10 - Close to the Hall is the interesting old Domesday Church which dates form the Eleventh Century (1086). There is no tower, only a bell turret at the west end. In the interior are numerous tablets of members of the families of Carters,…

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Slide 13 - For nothing has the village more frequently been mentioned than for its Cross, the site of which, opposite the west end of the church, is still preserved, or rather the following singular piece of ancient rhyme, which was engraved upon a…

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Slide 12 - In the south aisle is a singular stone chair with grotesque sculpture of the 14th century date, sometimes supposed to be a sanctuary seat. This relic was dug out of the churchyard many years ago.

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Slide 11 - The interior contains some ancient portions and monuments of the Fitz-William and Copley families, an ancient screen, also on one side of the Chancel arch are some tattered banners said to have been carried by Charles the I's army.

The…

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Slide 10 - At a short distance through the park, we reach the Church, which is so intimately associated with the Hall and the families who have so long owned it. The Church is situate on a tree covered hill at the juncture of two roads. It is an…

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Slide 10 - Attached to the Hall is the Ancient Chapel of St Andrews, commonly called Ribston Hall Chapel, wherein are some memorials of the Templars as well as the Goodricke Family. There are also two memorial tablets to the present family of Dent.…

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Slide 9 - These old scraggy trees, set north and west round the churchyard, gives a weird haunted look to the place.

The church is of Norman date, mentioned in Doomsday and has undergone many alterations. Amongst other monuments in the interior of…

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Slide 8 - On the top of the ridge above the village is Nunnington church, old and grey, with a low square tower, sheltered by a screen of tall fir trees.

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Slide 2 - Leaving this charming old homestead, we are soon brought to the quiet village of Holme. This peaceful and unpretentious old-world hamlet occupies a secluded position almost in the centre of Cliviger, and in the latter part of the twelfth…
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