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Heptonstall Old Church in the snow - BIM00119
Occupying a dominant hill-top site within an ancient Pennine weaving community, the parochial chapel of Heptonstall was the third ecclesiastical edifice to be erected in the medieval parish of Halifax. Today it is a charming ruin, overshadowed by…
Gravestone unknown location - LLG00173
Stone Gravestone engraved "Fred, son of Robert and Grace Fielding of Heptonstall, who died Nov 29th 1868 in the 3rd year of his age. Also of William their son who died May 9th 1876 aged 9 months Also ????? Also Lewis, their son who died March 27th…
Gravestone in unknown location - LLG00156
Engraving"In Loving Memory of James Arthur Walton, Fairfield, Hebden Bridge Who Died August 30th 1913? Aged 52 years. Also of Betsy, Beloved Wife of the above Died January 22nd 1921 Aged 52 years. Sweet Remembrance of a Dear Husband & Father,…
Gravestone in unknown location - LLG00152
Inscription: In Loving Memory of AMELIA. BELOVED WIFE OF JAMES WALTON OF HANGINIGROYD, HEBDEN BRIDGE WHO DIED FEBY 19TH 1915 AGED 50 YEARS. ALSO OF THE ABOVE JAMES WALTON WHO DIED JULY 30TH 1918, AGED 48 YEARS. "At Rest". ALSO WILLIAM WALTON WHO…
Gravestone with Cross - LLG00151
Inscriptions: In Loving Memory of A DEAR HUSBAND & FATHER. NELSON WALTON, Heptonstall, WHO FELL ASLEEP JULY 31 1932, AGED 58 YEARS. A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND. ALSO OF SARAH GRACE HIS BELOVED WIFE WHO DIED MAY 2ND 1953 AGED 78 YEARS. ALSO…
Gravestone in unknown location - LLG00143
Inscription: In Loving Memory of EVERTON INGHAM, DEARLY BELOVED SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH ANN UTTLEY, Br????ton?, Heptonstall, WHO DIED OCT 17TH 1911, AGED 19 YEARS. ALSO OF SARAH, THE DEARLY BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED SEPT 12TH…
Gravestone of James Speak - LLG00141
Father of Alice Longstaff nee Speak, he is buried at Slack cemetery. Inscription: Sacred to the Memory of JAMES SPEAK, LEARINGS, HEPTONSTALL. DIED 24TH FEBY 1947 AGED 79 YEARS
Heptonstall Old Church - JSB00194
Taken from the porch of the new church, August 1974.
In the Old Graveyard, Heptonstall - JSB00152
Monuments in the churchyard of the ruined church of St Thomas a Becket, Heptonstall
Heptonstall Old Church - JSB00103
Children playing in the churchyard at Heptonstall. Left Leslie Williams, right Linda Collins
Nunnington Church - HLS05978
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…
The church is of Norman date, mentioned in Doomsday and has undergone many alterations. Amongst other monuments in the interior of…
Nunnington Church - HLS05977
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.
Robin Hood's Grave - HLS05932
Slide 5 - On the brow of the hill, some distance away from the Gate House, is a railed-in space which has ever been known as Robin Hood's grave. The grave is situated in a secluded part of the Park on the outskirts of a wood. The prospect from here…
Nun's Grave, Kirklees Park - HLS05928
Slide 2 - Elizabeth-de-Staynton was said to be the first Prioress, sometime during the thirteenth century. Her tomb, which was discovered in the year 1706, had an inscription, now quite illegible, in old English. It has been in part restored, and on…
Heptonstall Old Church - Grave of Rev. Daniel Towne 1712 . - HLS05185
The church, dedicated to St Thomas a Beckett, first dates from the mid-13th century but was re-constructed and enlarged on several occasions over subsequent centuries. By the mid-19th century it was structurally in poor condition and then was badly…