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Looking down Rudd Lane, several mills appear to be in the process of demolition. The church is St John the Baptist in the Wilderness

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Midgley Road, Mytholmroyd. Built at a cost of £2,500, the chapel opened in 1882. Dryrot forced its closure in 1960 and there was a n amalgamation with Scout Road Wesleyan Methodist Church.

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The chapel was built in 1764 by a Methodist Society which had grown steadily since John Wesley’s first visit in 1747. At first it was a perfect octagon, but in 1802 the sides were extended and the gallery reconstructed to increase the capacity. The…

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Date unknown. The Church had opened in 1858 on New Road and is still open for worship.

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The church of St Thomas a Becket was built around the middle of the 13th century.

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This building, believed to have come from Dawson City, was situated at the end of Valley Road, opposite the market. At one time it housed the office of a coal merchants. It was destroyed by fire in 1996. Above right Stubbing School and left St.…

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Nee Webster. Outside Mytholmroyd Methodist Church.

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Opened in 1854 the 'new' church was dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle. This photo shows it before the church was re-ordered. Work had begun on re-ordering the church in 1960 and was completed in 1964.

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Taken outside the former Council Offices in Hebden Bridge. The large doorway was the Fire Station. The top of the banner reads ' Cross Lanes' which was the United Methodist Chapel at the top of Buttress and in the middle is 'Band of Hope'.

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The Octagonal Chapel at Heptonstall was built in 1764. The design and construction were overseen by John Wesley.

Pictured at the back of the Chapel with the Sunday School on the right, Mrs Fay Fielden, then Fay Smith is the little girl seated at…

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The Baptist Chapel on Midgley. Road has now been demolished.

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L to R: Madeline Kennedy, Rosalind Brookes and Mr Brookes. Madeline married their son Colin Brookes. Church unknown.

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Old Gate on the left and in the centre is the chimney of Bridge Mill, above it St John's Church and just visible above that the pediment of Birchcliffe Chapel. The buildings on the right have been demolished and a water side walkway over the…

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Bridesmaids at a wedding at St Michael's, Mytholmroyd

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pencil notes on back "RGS in 2/1952 BS of plates Marked on base"
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