Preparations are being made for demolition. Stones at the bottom of the chimney have been knocked out and replaced by timbers, a fire will shortly be lit.
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
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.