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  • Collection: Pennine Heritage Collection

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During the course of the 18th century Halifax came to occupy a prominent place in West Yorkshire as a cloth market, and the Piece Hall, opened in 1779, is a striking monument to the pre-factory age. ‘Pieces’ or lengths of cloth, handwoven in Pennine…

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The bottom of the Buttress with the corner of Royd Terrace on the right.

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I&I Calvert Ltd., 1821 - 1951.

The earliest recorded mill on this site, in a small ravine below the village of Wainstalls, was around 1810. Between 1821 and 1831 a number of small mills were constructed here, which has four water wheels between…

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Was a cotton spinning mill, built for the Hare Spinning Company Limited. It was built in 1907, but ran into financial difficulties. It passed over to the Mons Mill (1919) Co Ltd and then was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the…

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St Michael's, Mytholmroyd

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April 1987, during restoration.

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.

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1987, during restoration.

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.

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The church of St Thomas the Apostle was consecrated on 26th October 1854. This pinnacle from the south west corner of the tower was struck down by lightening 5th April 1875.

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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…

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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…

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Note the cobbled road in the foreground and the old chapel (now demolished) at the rear to the right.
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