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Occupying a dominant hill-top site within an ancient Pennine weaving community, the parochial chapel of Heptonstall was the third ecclesiastical edifice to be erected in the medieval parish of Halifax. Today it is a charming ruin, overshadowed by…

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The ruins of the old medieval church which following gale damage in the mid-19th century was replace by a new church adjacent to it.

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Chantry House, at one time a charnal house, a place where human bones were stored.

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The ruins of the old medieval church which following gale damage in the mid-19th century was replace by a new church adjacent to it.

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The spelling of family name has since changed to Newell.

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In 1813 they laid the foundation stone of a small church at Marshaw Bridge. The building was completed 1815. There was accommodation for 250, but it soon became inadequate and was in a state of disrepair.
1838 New church commenced.
1839 Church of St.…

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Methodist Churchyard, Heptonstall, in the snow

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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…
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