The foundation stone of this Chapel was laid by John Wesley, and erected in 1764. The shape is octagonal. In the building of this chapel there appears to have been almost an element of romance; women as well as men, coming even from a distance and…
This building stands next the Heptonstall Church graveyard. Since secular properties are not allowed direct access onto consecrated ground, the blocked up doorways leading into the churchyard show that in its earlier days it was an ecclesiastical…
Prof David Baker gave a final organ recital in February 2014 at St John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale, before the organ was dismantled and shipped to France. The organ was removed as the first phase of the work prior to the church being…
Prof David Baker gave a final organ recital in February 2014 at St John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale, before the organ was dismantled and shipped to France. The organ was removed as the first phase of the work prior to the church being…
Cllr Jonathan Timbers, Mayor of Hebden Royd, visited the Birchcliffe Centre in January 2015 to see the work of the Local History Society and the Digital Archive, part of the Pennine Horizons Project. Pictured here are Alice Law, Sarah Shooter, Cllr…