Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel once stood proudly near the bottom of Midgley Road. Built in 1887, sadly dry rot caused the chapel to be closed in August 1960 and it was demolished in 1970 and flats now occupy the site.
The Cross Lanes Society was formed from two Methodist groups from Commercial Street, Hebden Bridge and Weaver’s Square, Heptonstall. They decided to join together and build a new chapel at a half way site, at the top of the Buttress. The land cost…
HLS05156. 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…
Heptonstall has two churches within one graveyard. Although not unique, there is another instance at Alvingham in Lincolnshire, this is unusual. At the centre of the village are the ruins of the Church of St Thomas à Becket built between 1256 and…
Weddings were a little fraught with one wedding party coming through the west door over boards across the new foyer which was now a building site. Furthermore, the church was diligently cleaned every week-end by Emily Hewitson-Townley assisted by Ann…