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Blackshawhead Chapel was built in 1815 by the Methodists of nearby Heptonstall to serve this hilltop village.

The Chapel was extended a few years later by the addition of a Sunday School, which for many years was the only form of education…

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Used as an illustration in Gertrude Attwood's book "A Village Childhood"

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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…

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Hepton Singers, under the direction of Alison West, in St Thomas's Church, Heptonstall.

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Church of St Thomas a Becket, Heptonstall

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Weaver's Square, Heptonstall, and the towers of the old and new churches.

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The Old Church, Heptonstall, in the snow

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The Old Church, Heptonstall, from Weavers Square

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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…
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