The new school stands on Waterloo Road, Brighouse.
It was built in 1971 on the site of the former playing fields at
Waterloo, Brighouse
Masters & teachers at the School have included
In the early 1900s, it was known as St Andrew's Girls' School.
It reverted to the present name in 1932.
Recorded around 1910
In the Church Graveyard, there is
a headstone [Grave Ref: F-A23]
in memory of
Question:
Does anyone know who these young people were, and how they died so
close together?
Was it the smallpox epidemic in the district in 1862?
John Halliday was headmaster here [18??] when it was the
largest school in Halifax.
It accommodated 428 pupils [1871].
It accommodated 753 pupils [1917].
Masters & teachers at the School have included
See
Maurice Jagger and
St Augustine's Church
Recorded around 1900, when
James Brennan was educated here.
See
St Bernard's Catholic Church, Halifax
In 2006, and again in 2012, an Ofsted report commented that the
school was inadequate.
In August 2013, it is to close and merge with Holy Trinity Academy.
The TV series Ackley Bridge was filmed here
Aka St Chad's Day School.
Built in 1895, it was the first place of worship for the established
church to serve the expanding area of Hove Edge which had
become a part of the Borough of Brighouse.
The land was given by the owners of the Sunderland Estate.
The corner-stones were laid on 28th April 1894, by a group including
The building was designed by George Hepworth.
The School opened on 5th May 1895.
The cost was £3,000.
On Sundays, it also served as the Mission Church for Hove Edge until
1912 when it was superseded by St Chad's Church, Hove Edge.
It remained largely unchanged until after WW2, and two extensions
were built in the next 30 years.
A further extension was added in 2004.
It is still used as a primary school.
See
Rev Reginald Plumer Stedman
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Recorded in 1946 & 1959
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In 1897, it was described as Mixed, and had an Infants'
Department
This was the infant and primary school, and also the Sunday school
for St George's Church.
It has been converted into apartments.
See
Rowland Siddall
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Masters & teachers at the School have included
In 1886, it was superseded by Akroyd Place School
St James's National School is recorded at Cross Hills and also
at St James's Road, Halifax [1850, 1881].
Masters & teachers at the School have included
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Aka Queen Street School.
The school for St James's Church, Brighouse.
Built at a cost of £1200 – following the 1870 Education
Act – to supplement St Martin's National School and to serve
east Brighouse.
It opened in 1877.
It burnt down on
18th November 1901.
Money was raised and the School was rebuilt, and reopened on 30th
August 1902.
It accommodated 224 boys & girls and 120 infants.
It closed in the 1970s for road improvements.
The pupils moved to St Andrew's Infants' School.
The property was later occupied by a company providing audio-visual
and services.
The car park of Tesco's supermarket now stands on the site.
See
Brighouse Cricket Club,
Brighouse Lads' Club and
George Crowther
See
Leonard Goring
From 1926, it has been used as a Sunday School.
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Recorded in 1851
The school was superseded by Cragg Vale Junior & Infant School
The building was originally St John's Mission Church, Hebden Bridge.
See
St John's Church, Stubbing
See
St John's Mission Church, Rastrick and
St John the Divine, Rastrick
It was built in 18??.
The building was used at the Vicarage until the 1860s,
when it was superseded by Woodville
The School closed in 19??.
It is now called St John's Centre and is used as a community
centre and a theatre
It is still standing [2011] though disused
It accommodated 335 adults [1917].
On 4th September 1961, a new school opened here.
See
St Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighouse
On 10th August 1872, John Lister – who had provided the
site – laid the foundation stone for the school
The school was built at a cost of £3,000.
Opened 25th November 1873.
It accommodated 195 boys, 250 girls and 227 infants [1917].
Around 1895, the Sisters of the Cross & Passion, from the
convent in Horley Green, assumed responsibility for the
School.
On
22nd July 1913,
His Eminence Cardinal Logue visited the School.
In 1929, it was superseded by Portland Road Board School which took
the name of St Joseph's.
See
Thomas Bernard Mulroy and
Poems in Peace & War
Question:
Does anyone know whether this and St Luke's School, Norland are the
same School?
It became a day school in 1872.
A stone was laid on 29th October 1894 for extensions to the building.
It was extended in 2003
It became Norland Church of England Junior & Infant School.
See
James Joseph Aves and
St Luke's Non-Provided Schools, Norland
Gothic Revival building.
Opened as Brighouse National School in 1835.
The cost of the building was £250.
In 1850, there were extensions.
In 1861, there were further extensions to include accommodation for
the master.
The master's house is now the administrative block.
Other additions were made in 1864 and 1899.
It accommodated 410 boys & girls and 220 infants [1917].
It became a Church of England Junior and Senior School.
In 1932, there were recommendations that it become a Senior School.
In 1952, it became a controlled school, paid for by the County
authority.
The staff recorded in 1957 included
In 1958, it was known as St Martin's Secondary Modern School.
The school closed in 1969.
In 1972, it became Brighouse Adult Education Centre.
See
Mrs Sunderland
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In 1969, this and Victoria School, Rastrick merged to become
Eastfield School
Clarence Street / Gibbet Street.
Designed by J. F. Walsh.
A boys', girls' and infants' school built in 1846.
This had 4 teachers and could accommodate 60 scholars.
It could accommodate 310 pupils [1871].
Masters & teachers at the School have included
A Church of England National School built in September 1870 at
Blackwood Hall.
The cost of construction was £1,971.
It accommodated 238 children [1895].
Church services were held here until the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Luddendenfoot was built.
The School closed about 1993.
The building has been converted to housing
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In 1904, it was superseded by Shade Council School but continued as
a Sunday School.
It was demolished when the area was redeveloped around 1973
Originally a National School.
Dated 1850.
See
Ann Crabtree's School and
St Mary's Church, Cottonstones
In 1871, Mrs Michael Stocks, of Upper Shibden Hall, laid
the corner stone of new day and Sunday Schools in Lister Lane,
Halifax in connection with St Mary's Church.
Michael Stocks gave £1,000 towards the construction of
the Schools and the Parsonage
It accommodated 745 pupils,
boys, girls and infants [1917]
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In 197?, Rastrick Parish Centre was built on the site
In 1867, St Matthew's Church School, Rastrick opened here.
Recorded on 22nd October 1897, when
a new subscription clock, in honour of Queen Victoria's Golden
Jubilee, was set in motion by Mrs John Culpan
Closed in 19??.
The staff and pupils moved to St Patrick's, Hullen Edge.
See
St Patrick's Church, West Vale
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Masters & teachers at the School have included
It became a board school.
It accommodated around 450 pupils [1894]
Opened in 1914 to serve St Paul's Methodist Chapel, replacing
the earlier School of 1865.
Designed by A. G. Sladdin at an estimated cost of around
£4,000.
It was built by Fearnley Brothers on the site of their yard.
In 1938, it was used as Borough Magistrates Court.
From 1949, when the Chapel closed, it was used solely as the Council
property.
The Magistrates Court here closed on 30th December 1992.
There were proposals to build a supermarket, but covenants on the
building prevented the sale of alcohol.
It was subsequently used by the Salvation Army
Aka St Peter's School, Sowerby.
The school was built in 1859.
It was enlarged later.
It accommodated 308 children.
Recorded in 1917.
In Summer 2002, the school merged with Newlands to become
Sowerby Village CE (VC) Primary School
See
St Peter's Church of England (VA) Infant School, Sowerby
Masters & teachers at the School have included
Opened on 7th January 1864.
A night school was held for pupils aged 20 and over.
A boys', girls' and infants' school.
It accommodated 370 pupils [1871].
It became a board school.
The average attendance was 232 [1881], and 208 [1882].
It accommodated around 450 pupils [1894].
See
St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount
On 13th February 1915, the first sod was cut and people cut further
sods for a fee of 2/6d for each sod they cut.
On 29th May 1915, a stone laying service was held and people could
lay their own stones, paying
1/- for a brick, 2/6d for a wall stone, £1 for a small window
cill and £5 for a large cill.
The Sunday School opened on 9th September 1916.
See
Leonard Whiteley
On 21st July 1850, Rev Thomas White Ridley spoke at a fund-raising
event for the Sunday School.
The new School was designed by John Dearden.
On 14th September 1857, Frank Crossley laid the foundation stone
for the new School.
Beneath the stone was a time capsule, a bottle containing
By 1870, Salem school was so full that a branch church and school in
Hanson Lane was started
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It accommodated 268 pupils [1911].
It accommodated 173 boys & girls and 95 infants [1917]
Stands behind St Andrew's Methodist Church.
Aka Stafford Square School, Halifax
A board school built in 1898.
It accommodated 230 pupils [1911].
It accommodated 145 boys & girls and 85 infants [1917].
It was transferred from Northowram School Board to Halifax in 1900.
Now known as Salterlee Primary School
See
Seth Thorpe Foster and
John Henry Sunderland
Recorded in 1881 & 1891,
when it was at Grandsmere Place, and
Miss Mary Roebuck was schoolmistress.
Also at the school were
Grace A. Glyde [1856-19??], drawing teacher;
Isabella Robertson [1862-19??], English teacher;
Gertrude Ballinger [1865-19??], music mistress;
Jessie Ramsay [1865-19??] English teacher;
Phillipine Feig [1870-19??] teacher of languages.
There were also
11 pupils [aged between 10 and 17], and 3 servants
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It is recorded as an infants' school and could accommodate 10 pupils
[1871]
Sabbath School Ref 18-490 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Sowerby Bridge Ref 18-137 
Saint Andrew's Church of England (Aided) Junior School, Brighouse Ref 18-145
Saint Andrew's Church of England Infants' School Ref 18-146
Saint Andrew's Girls' School Ref 18-57 Saint Andrew's School Ref 18-20
Saint Andrew's Sunday School, Holmfield Ref 18-820
Saint Anne's National School Ref 18-198 Saint Anne's Sabbath School, Southowram Ref 18-950
ERECTED BY THE INCUMBENT SOUTHOWRAM
AND TEACHERS OF ST ANNE'S SABBATH SCHOOL
Saint Augustine's Church of England Junior & Infant School Ref 18-147
Saint Bernard's Catholic School, Halifax Ref 18-930 Saint Catherine's Catholic High School Ref 18-40
Saint Chad's Church of England Primary School Ref 18-148
Saint Chad's School & Mission Church Ref 18-119
Saint Christopher's School, Brighouse Ref 18-180 Saint George's National School, Sowerby Bridge Ref 18-183
Masters at the School have included:
Saint George's School, Sowerby Ref 18-678 Saint George's Sunday School, Lee Mount Ref 18-822
Saint James's Church Sunday School, Halifax Ref 18-901 Saint James's Infant School, Halifax Ref 18-664
the result of the pious and zealous labours of the Incumbent of St James's
Saint James's National School, Halifax Ref 18-450
Saint James's National School, Halifax Ref 18-663
Saint James's School, Brighouse Ref 18-22 Saint James's School, Halifax Ref 18-546
Saint James's School, Hebden Bridge Ref 18-245 Saint John's Church of England School, Warley Ref 18-645 Saint John's Church of England (VA) Primary School, Clifton Ref 18-149
Saint John's Church of England (VA) Primary School, Rishworth Ref 18-150
Saint John's Hall, Warley Ref 18-640
Masters at the School have included:
Saint John's House School, Halifax Ref 18-934 Saint John's National School, Cragg Vale Ref 18-219
Saint John's National School, Halifax Ref 18-665 Saint John's School, Hebden Bridge Ref 18-253 Saint John's School, Rastrick Ref 18-195
Saint John's Sunday School, Cragg Vale Ref 18-3990 Saint John the Evangelist Sunday School, West Vale Ref 18-66
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hove Edge Ref 18-152 Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Todmorden Ref 18-153 Saint Joseph's Catholic School, Claremount Ref 18-S436
Saint Joseph's Catholic School, Cobden Ref 18-655 Saint Jude's Sunday School, Halifax Ref 18-943 Saint Luke's Non-Provided Schools, Norland Ref 18-594
Saint Luke's School, Norland Ref 18-903
Saint Malachy's Catholic Primary School Ref 18-154 Saint Mark's Sunday School, Siddal Ref 18-221
Saint Martin's Church of England Secondary School, Brighouse Ref 18-229 Saint Martin's National School, Brighouse Ref 18-81
Masters at the School have included:
Saint Martin's Secondary Modern School, Brighouse Ref 18-806 Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School Ref 18-155 Saint Mary's Catholic School Ref 18-99
Saint Mary's Church of England School, Luddendenfoot Ref 18-894
Saint Mary's Mission School, Shade Ref 18-76 Saint Mary's National School, Halifax Ref 18-856 Saint Mary's School, Cottonstones Ref 18-875 Saint Mary's School, Luddenden Ref 18-608 Saint Mary's School, Mill Bank Ref 18-156
Masters at the School have included:
Saint Mary's School, Sowerby Bridge Ref 18-77 Saint Mary's Schools, Halifax Ref 18-646 Saint Mary's Sunday School, Illingworth Ref 18-821
Saint Matthew's Church School, Rastrick Ref 18-299 
Saint Matthew's Sunday School, Northowram Ref 18-441
Saint Matthew's Sunday School, Rastrick Ref 18-612 Saint Michael & All Angels Church of England Primary School Ref 18-157 Saint Michael's School, Mytholmroyd Ref 18-802
Saint Patrick's Catholic Primary School Ref 18-158
Saint Patrick's Catholic School, Hullen Edge Ref 18-78
Saint Paul's School, Halifax Ref 18-544
Saint Paul's Sunday School, King Cross Ref 18-828 Saint Paul's Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, Brighouse Ref 18-425
Saint Peter's Church of England (VA) Infant School, Sowerby Ref 18-159
Saint Peter's National School, Walsden Ref 18-305 Saint Peter's School, Brighouse Ref 18-S1 Saint Peter's School, Sowerby Ref 18-649 Saint Stephen's Sunday School, Copley Ref 18-634
Saint Thomas's Board School, Claremount Ref 18-946
Saint Thomas's Church School, Halifax Ref 18-460 Saint Thomas's Sunday School, Greetland Ref 18-826 Salem Methodist New Connexion Sunday School, Halifax Ref 18-852
Salterhebble Board School Ref 18-351 Salterhebble Junior & Infant School Ref 18-138
Salterlee Board School, Northowram Ref 18-322
Salterlee Methodist New Connexion Sunday School, Shibden Ref 18-902
a new Sunday School has been opened at this place, attached to the
New Connexion interest in Halifax
Savile College, Halifax Ref 18-762 Savile Park Primary School, Halifax Ref 18-140
Savile's School, Halifax Ref 18-568 Scaitcliffe County Secondary School Ref 18-S363