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Title: Heptonstall Old Church - HLS01334
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Title
Heptonstall Old Church - HLS01334
Description
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
Destroyed by a storm in 1847, the ruins of the Church of St Thomas a Becket at Heptonstall strangely hold the same aura of sanctity today as they must have held when it was in regular use as a centre of worship. The cold, stark walls are now clothed in ivy, the stout tower is held together with iron bars: both are overlooked by the imposing Victorian Gothic tower of the replacement church of St Thomas the Apostle which was completed in 1854.
The ruined church, at the heart of the village
Destroyed by a storm in 1847, the ruins of the Church of St Thomas a Becket at Heptonstall strangely hold the same aura of sanctity today as they must have held when it was in regular use as a centre of worship. The cold, stark walls are now clothed in ivy, the stout tower is held together with iron bars: both are overlooked by the imposing Victorian Gothic tower of the replacement church of St Thomas the Apostle which was completed in 1854.
The ruined church, at the heart of the village
Creator
John L Berbiers
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Rights
PHDA - Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HLS01334.tif
Collection
Citation
John L Berbiers, “Heptonstall Old Church - HLS01334,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/6624.
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