On the left is the church of St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness and far right the Hinchliffe Arms with the road up to Withens Clough Reservoir. Note the tennis court at the rear of the church.
The Cross Lanes Society was formed from two Methodist groups from Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall. They decided to join together and build a new chapel at a half way site. The land cost £289 4s 0d in 1838?. Plans by Mr John Nicholson were accepted. …
The chapel at the top of the Buttress opened in 1840 and closed due to declining attendance in 1958 and was then destroyed by fire in the mid 1960s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The chapel at the top of the Buttress opened in 1840 and closed due to declining attendance in 1958 and was then destroyed by fire in the mid 1960s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive