From the mid-1200s, Christians began to venerate the Virgin
Mary, and special chapels were built for her at the east end of
some of the larger churches
In the 1820s, as Brighouse grew in prosperity with the arrival of the
canal, the Primitive Methodists from Halifax organised a
mission to Brighouse.
This was followed by more successful efforts in 1844, which held
services in the homes of sympathisers at Thornhill Briggs.
In 1858, they had a room in Brighouse, and in 1862 the Brighouse
members began a scheme of expansion, supported by Rev John Simpson.
A new Chapel was proposed at Lane Head, Brighouse.
John Crossley was one of the original trustees, and the
Crossley family of Halifax gave 25% of the money raised for the
building.
The foundation stone was laid on 20th February 1864 by Rev Robert Harley.
The Chapel opened on 28th August 1864 – with 27 members – as an
outreach Chapel of the Greetland Methodist Circuit.
It stood beside the old toll-booth which was incorporated into the
Chapel.
A vestry was added [1878].
As the congregation grew, a new Chapel was built and opened on 20th
June 1889.
The old Chapel became the Sunday School.
In 1982, the congregation moved to join the Central Methodist Chapel.
The Chapel was demolished in 1985.
A group of modern town-houses now stand on the site.
The old toll-booth still remains.
See
Lane Head Chapel Cricket Club /
Lane Head Primitive Methodist Memorial
A church was built in 1818.
The original trustees included
John Fielden,
Samuel Fielden,
Abraham Scholfield,
John Shackleton,
and
John Stevenson.
The Chapel was enlarged in
1843, and in
1848.
Memorial stones for a new chapel and the school were laid on 22nd
March 1875.
The chapel and Sunday school opened on 27th September 1876.
It closed in 19??.
It was demolished in the 1970s.
Houses now stand on the site
Recorded around 1914.
See
Leadenhall Street United Methodist Memorial, Halifax
It was dissolved in 1857 and in 1858, the failing Baptist cause here
came under the care of North Parade Baptist Church, Halifax.
The Sunday School carried on, and became a branch of North
Parade in 1866.
In 1869, the building of a chapel for the school was discussed.
The new Chapel opened on 29th March 1871.
In 1892, the Church of 134 members – from North Parade –
became independent
of North Parade.
It is subsequently referred to as the Branch General Baptist Church, Ovenden.
With a grant of £500 from the Twentieth Century Fund, a
new Church was planned.
The sod cutting ceremony took place on 6th April 1907.
The foundation stone was laid on 1st June 1907.
The new Church opened on 30th May 1908.
It could accommodate 760 worshippers.
The total cost of construction was £4,400.
A new organ by Conacher of Huddersfield was opened on 16th
November 1924, and lists the names of men who served/died in the
World Wars –
see Lee Mount Baptist Church Memorial.
Since 2003, it has been plagued by vandalism, arson and graffiti.
See
Miss Kate Emsley /
Ovenden Sunday School
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom & David Smith
Opened on 18th October 1871 to replace the smaller Bramley Lane Church.
The old church was then used as a Sunday School.
The new church was designed by Lockwood & Mawson.
Built on land bought by John Crossley.
Sir Titus Salt gave £2,000 towards the construction and was
Chairman of the committee.
The total cost of the land and the construction of the Church and the
Manse – which stands to the north of the Church – was £10,050.
On 22nd August 1870, Salt's daughters, Helen, and
Ada, laid the foundation stone.
The church opened with sermons by Rev Thomas Binney and Rev
Newman Hall.
The vestry carpet was produced by Crossley's Carpets and that in
the chancel was produced by Firth's Carpets.
Sir Algernon Firth worshipped at the Church.
The spire was completed shortly afterwards.
Sir Titus Salt gave the clock, and his family gave the octagonal
Caen stone pulpit.
The organ by F. Booth of Wakefield was installed in 1872 at a
cost of £1000.
Samuel Smith was involved in its construction.
2 of Sir Titus Salt's children – Whitlam
and Mary – were buried here before being exhumed 10 years
later and buried at Saltaire.
In 1975, the members decided to move out of the church.
Around 1978, the main church was converted to industrial use, and
church services held in a smaller building nearby.
In 1980, the church was sold and became a craft centre.
The church spire is a landmark and visible from a distance.
See
John Holland /
Lightcliffe Congregational Church War Memorial /
Lightcliffe Congregational Church Young Men's Society
See
Chantry /
Gibson Charity /
Lightcliffe Graveyard /
Susan Sunderland /
Richard Westmacott
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe
In 1865, the graveyard was extended.
See
Brighouse Cemetery /
Friends of St Matthew's Churchyard, Lightcliffe /
In the Shadow of Lightcliffe's Old Tower /
People of interest in Lightcliffe Churchyard
The Curate's House for Eastfield Chapel, Lightcliffe
was built in 1634 and stood near the south-west corner of the Chapel.
In 1865, it was rebuilt and moved and now stands in Till Carr Lane
Stands at the junction of Wakefield Road & Westfield Drive.
This was built to replace the Vicarage of 1634 for Eastfield Chapel, Lightcliffe.
The original title deeds which show a one-acre building plot which
was purchased in 1852 by the church (Ripon diocese) from a Mr
Priestley.
At that time the site was an open field – known as Four Days'
Work – adjoining the newly opened railway on the south side, and
Miss Walker's land on the east.
It is not yet known when the house was actually built.
Recorded in 1881,
when the first vicar, Rev George Bagot was living here.
The property was sold in 1899 and was superseded by the Vicarage
behind St Matthew's Church.
The building was later divided into 2 dwellings.
In the 1950s, the property was known as Abbotsford,
Stands behind St Matthew's Church, away from the road, at
100 Wakefield Road.
The property was designed in the Arts & Crafts / Vernacular
Revival style by Joseph Frederick Walsh [1898].
Major Johnston Jonas Foster and his family were associated with the
building of the Vicarage.
Walsh used turned stone on the building.
Around 1974, the property was sold and superseded by the present
Vicarage.
It is now a private house.
It is a Grade II listed building.
This is discussed in the book
Our Home & Country.
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Brooke, Barbara Stephenson & Howard Varley
Opened in 1816 by a group who had left Stones Methodist Church, Ripponden.
Recorded in 1905.
Closed in 19??.
The Chapel was demolished.
See
Lighthazels United Methodist Memorial
Between 1830 and 1837, Catholics worshipped at the Assembly Rooms
A church was built by subscription in 1836 and opened 1837.
It accommodated around 180 worshippers.
It was extended in 1897.
There was a day school here.
The building stands on the skyline of Lindwell.
In 2002, the church merged with Greetland Methodist Church to
become Greetland & Lindwell Methodist Church.
Both buildings are still retained [2009].
In August 2012, proposals were announced to close the Church.
The last service was held on 7th July 2013, followed by another at
the well.
The property was put on the market.
See
Henry H. Howard /
Lindwell Primitive Methodist Memorials, Greetland /
Lindwell Primitive Methodist Graveyard, Greetland /
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Class /
The Little Church ... /
Oatland House, Greetland
This & associated entries use material contributed by Geoff Butler
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4
Services were held in a room at Naylor's Mill, Lydgate by members
of Shore Chapel.
Lineholme Chapel was founded in 1816 and opened on 1st January 1819.
In 1854, a larger Chapel was built on neighbouring land.
In 1859, a group of Baptists left to go to Lydgate Baptist Chapel.
The building was affected by dry rot.
The Chapel closed in July 1962 and members moved to Roomfield Baptist Chapel.
The Chapel was demolished shortly afterwards.
The graves were moved to Shore Chapel.
Flats were built on the site
See
Lineholme Baptist Sunday School, Stansfield
The Church was demolished in the 1960s.
The graves were moved to Shore Church
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #2
William Corke is recorded as conducting services here [1859]
Question:
Does anyone know anything about the Mission?
See
Lister Lane Mission, Halifax
It was recognised as a Moravian congregation in 1755.
John Wesley and Rev William Grimshaw preached here.
A girls' school and a sisters' house were added later.
The Sunday School opened in 1881.
See
Fulneck, West Yorkshire /
Lower Wyke Moravian Church War Memorial
There is a Mortuary Chapel in the Cemetery.
The Cemetery is connected to St Mary's Church and the
Graveyard by a bridge
A Sunday School was opened 50 years later.
The church was completely destroyed by fire in January 1954, as
described in the Foldout.
Services were held in the Sunday School from 1955 until 1978
when – with a congregation of 8 – it closed.
See
Luddenden Dean Wesleyan Chapel War Memorial /
Luddenden Dean Wesleyan Chapel Graveyard /
Thomas Midgley
This & associated entries use material contributed by Sue Johnson
The graveyard is still there.
In the graveyard, there is a communal grave to the orphans who died
whilst working at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #2
See
Halifax and Us
It overlooks Luddenden Brook
Opened in 1837.
It accommodated around 300 worshippers [1845].
It is now private housing.
The Chapel closed in 1961.
See
Luddenden Wesleyan Chapel War Memorial
Fortnightly meetings were held in Luddendenfoot Co-operative Hall.
Around 1897/8, Father Tillman, the first parish priest for Hebden Bridge, was involved in the construction of what
became St Walburga's Catholic Church at Luddendenfoot
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Needham
From 1851, the local Congregationalists met in the Denholme Schoolroom.
In 1859, Robert Whitworth & Company built the Church and a dwelling
house costing around £5,500 near their factory.
The Church opened on Good Friday, 21st April 1859.
The lower part of the building was built for use as a
school for the mill workers.
There are monuments to John Whitworth and his widow, Mary Ward
Whitworth.
Education provided by the school was superseded by Luddendenfoot Board School in 1894.
In 1964, the church merged with Sowerby Congregational Church to
become Luddendenfoot United Reformed Church.
The last service was held at the Church in June 2000.
The building was converted into flats [2003].
The Church, Manse and Chapel house are listed.
See
Denholme United Methodist Chapel, Luddendenfoot /
Luddendenfoot Congregational Church War Memorials /
Luddendenfoot Congregational Churchyard /
Luddendenfoot Congregational Savings Bank
The following people, and/or members of their family,
are recorded here:
Demolished in the 1960s when property on Burnley Road was cleared.
See
Luddendenfoot United Methodist Free Chapel Memorial
Founding members included
William Thompson,
George Thompson,
Samuel Smith,
William Smith,
and
John Horsefield.
Horsefield was given the contract to build the Church on the
conditions that he was to complete it
for £52
by 15th March 1832,
and that he was to pay 1d for every day that the work ran beyond that
date,
and was to receive 1d for every day that the work was completed
before that date.
A Sunday School was run for
It accommodated 250 worshippers [1845].
The Church was enlarged in 1861.
Question:
Can anyone tell me anything about the Chapel or its name?
In 1837, there was a split in the congregation of 139 members at
Mankinholes Chapel, and the United Free Methodists left and
built this, their own Chapel.
It opened on 9th July 1837.
The building was both Chapel and Sunday school, and measured 12 yards
square.
The scholars occupied the lower level and the congregation sat in
raised pews on either side.
It was rebuilt when larger premises were needed.
The corner stones were laid on 8th May 1877.
The Chapel opened in 1878 on the site of – and using some of the
materials from – the first Chapel.
There is a school on the ground floor, beneath the Chapel.
The organ – known as the Old Lady of Lumbutts – was installed in
18??
In 1989, it was restored by the local villagers at a cost of
£11,500.
The wooden lectern at the Chapel was used at Remembrance Day services
at the Cenotaph in London.
When the lectern was replaced, it was saved by Iris Greening,
a secretary at the Foreign Office, who subsequently gave the lectern
to the Chapel in the 1980s, in memory of her brother and a local
doctor who are both buried at the Chapel.
Some of the stained glass in the Chapel comes from the demolished
Mankinholes Chapel.
This and Todmorden Burial Ground are currently [2008] the only
burial grounds in Todmorden which have spare places.
In October 2010, the Council put forward a proposal to extend the
graveyard and make it a new local cemetery.
This was rejected by local residents.
The Chapel closed after the final worship on 22nd September 2013.
See
Lumbutts United Methodist Chapel Memorial /
Lumbutts United Methodist Chapel Graveyard
This & associated entries use material contributed by Linda Briggs
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #2
Aka Mount Olivet Baptist Church.
In 1859, a group of Baptists left Lineholme Church.
The new Church consisted of about 50 members.
They first worshipped in a cottage, and then in the uncomfortable top
room of a disused mill at Newgate Bottom.
In 1860, they rented a room at Arch View, Todmorden for
Here, they baptised 5 new converts in a nearby stream.
In 1861, they invited Rev James Dearden to be Minister.
On Whit Tuesday 1865, they began to build a Chapel, the members
digging out the soil.
This opened on 13th February 1866.
It accommodated around 700 worshippers.
It cost £1,500.
A new organ was inaugurated on 8th May 1868
On 4th October 1913, corner-stones were laid for new classrooms at
the Church.
The Church was demolished around 1955.
See
Lydgate Baptist Sunday School, Todmorden
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Smith
Lacey's Chapel, Southowram Ref 5-158 Lady Chapel Ref 5-113 Lane Head Primitive Methodist Chapel, Brighouse Ref 5-L17
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Lanebottom Wesleyan Methodist Church, Walsden Ref 5-166
Ministers at the Church have included
Leadenhall Street United Methodist Church, Halifax Ref 5-900 Lee Mount Baptist Church, Ovenden Ref 5-L134
Pastors at the Church have included
Leeds Parish Church Ref 5-788 Licensed Church Ref 5-775 Lightcliffe Churches Ref 5-419
Lightcliffe Congregational Church Ref 5-312
Incumbents at the Church have included
Lightcliffe Old Church Ref 5-L51
Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard Ref 5-L339 
Lightcliffe Parish Church Ref 5-299 Lightcliffe Road Chapel of Rest, Brighouse Ref 5-411 Lightcliffe United Reformed Church Ref 5-L132 Lightcliffe Vicarage Ref 5-734
Lighthazels Chapel, Soyland Ref 5-229
Lilly Lane Catholic Chapel, Halifax Ref 5-402
Lindwell Primitive Methodist Church, Greetland Ref 5-L143
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Lindwell Primitive Methodist Graveyard, Greetland Ref 5-536
Lineholme Baptist Chapel, Stansfield Ref 5-L250
Pastors at the Church have included
Lineholme Baptist Graveyard, Stansfield Ref 5-740
Lister Lane Cemetery, Halifax Ref 5-L296 Lister Lane Methodist Chapel, Halifax Ref 5-193 Lister Lane Mission, Halifax Ref 5-899
Lob Mill Primitive Methodist Chapel Ref 5-441
Ministers at the Church have included
Lower Wyke Moravian Church Ref 5-51 
Lower Wyke Moravian Graveyard Ref 5-560
Luddenden Cemetery Ref 5-673
Luddenden Dean Wesleyan Chapel Ref 5-L138
Luddenden Dean Wesleyan Graveyard Ref 5-726
Luddenden Vicarage Ref 5-932
Luddenden Wesleyan Chapel Ref 5-38
Ministers at the Church have included
Luddendenfoot Catholic Church Ref 5-37 Luddendenfoot Catholic Mission Ref 5-514 Luddendenfoot Congregational Church Ref 5-112
Ministers at the Church have included
Luddendenfoot Congregational Churchyard Ref 5-498
Luddendenfoot United Methodist Free Chapel Ref 5-156
Luddendenfoot United Reformed Church Ref 5-L149 Luddendenfoot Wesleyan Methodist Church Ref 5-250
the poorly-clad and poorly-fed of the community
Ministers at the Church have included
Lumb Lane Methodist Chapel Ref 5-656
Lumbutts Mission Room Ref 5-500 Lumbutts United Methodist Free Chapel Ref 5-L248
Lumbutts United Methodist Free Graveyard Ref 5-662
Lydgate Baptist Church, Todmorden Ref 5-L249
£10 per annum ... including gas
Pastors at the Church have included
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