Looking over from Heptonstall Hillside. Bottom left Foster Mill, centre Hangingroyd Works, centre right Hebden Works with Nutclough Mill above. With the exception of Nutclough Mill most now demolished. Centre left going off at an angle the so called…
Bottom right Salem Milll, now the site of the Co-op, and to its left the rear of Salem Chapel and in the lefthand corner is Breck Mill, a flour mill, and above that terrace housing on High Street behind Bridge Lanes; all long demolished. Queens…
Robert Raike founded the first Sunday School in 1780. To celebrate its centenary, it appears that this medal was struck for general use and the name of a Chapel/Church stamped onto it. This example is from Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel, Hebden Bridge.…
Robert Raike founded the first Sunday School in 1780. To celebrate its centenary, it appears that this medal was struck for general use and the name of Chapel/Church stamped onto it. This example is from Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel, Hebden Bridge. …
Previously Birchcliffe Baptist Church, this Grade 2 listed buiding is now owned by Pennine Heritage. A floor was put in at balcony level, seen here, so that office space could be created underneath.
Mount Zion Baptist Church Slack, Heptonstall, was built in 1808 by a breakaway group from Birchcliffe Chapel in Hebden Bridge, but the present building dates from 1878.
Built in 1820 and closed in March 1959. finally demolished in 1971. It was an off-shoot of Slack Chapel. The chapel was unique in that the entrance to the gallery was down 2 steps and the entrance to the body of the church was up 2 steps, thus you…
Rev. Thomas Holiday was a Pioneer Missionary to the Halifax and Elland area. Starting in early 1800s he soon had a considerable following. Initially services were held in people’s homes but it was decided that a proper church building was…