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Title: Heptonstall Old Church - HLS00264
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Title
Heptonstall Old Church - HLS00264
Description
St. Thomas à Beckett, Heptonstall Old Church.
Probably built around 1250-1260.
1440 Money left for the making of bells.
1572 The organ was dismantled and stowed in different places because organs were forbidden to be played.
1617 North and South Lofts erected. Photo c1910
1720 Singing-loft put in the north chancel.
1751 Loft put in the west end of the north nave.
1765 "The vestry of ye Church of Heptonstall was broken open and out of ye chest there ye communion plate was stolen in ye night between ye 15th and 16th December"
1810 10th April a clock was erected in the tower.
1847 A great storm damaged the church.
1909 Repairs and preservation carried out and an old well was discovered in the centre of the north nave.
1926 restoration of the porch
1927 further restoration.
Probably built around 1250-1260.
1440 Money left for the making of bells.
1572 The organ was dismantled and stowed in different places because organs were forbidden to be played.
1617 North and South Lofts erected. Photo c1910
1720 Singing-loft put in the north chancel.
1751 Loft put in the west end of the north nave.
1765 "The vestry of ye Church of Heptonstall was broken open and out of ye chest there ye communion plate was stolen in ye night between ye 15th and 16th December"
1810 10th April a clock was erected in the tower.
1847 A great storm damaged the church.
1909 Repairs and preservation carried out and an old well was discovered in the centre of the north nave.
1926 restoration of the porch
1927 further restoration.
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Rights
PHDA - Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HLS00264.tif
Collection
Citation
“Heptonstall Old Church - HLS00264,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/6187.
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