In 1626 Charles Greenwood, Rector of Thornhill Church, purchased the sub-manor of Heptonstall from Sir Arthur Ingram for £500. He founded Heptonstall Grammar School in 1642 to be maintained by rents from property in Colden (still known as School…
Date unknown but probably pre-First World War. In the centre is St James Parish Church, below it is Mytholm Hall, and above them the two Eaves Mills which were demolished after the First World War. Bottom right Stubbing Holme Dyeworks, above it…
The old church dedicated to St Thomas a Becket was damaged by a gale in 1847 and replaced by a new church on the same site dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle. Much of the stone and roof was subsequently pillaged but its ruins remain.
Composite of Hebden Royd churches. St Michael's Mytholmroyd at the top, St James', Hebden Bridge on the right with St John's in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale inset. Ref: 001KSL