A Complete List of Halifax's Chapels and Churches

England Yorkshire  West Riding of Yorkshire  Halifax

Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, by 1848 had over 130,000 inhabitants and "numerous churches". Since most 19th century historical treatises do not provide the complete parochial makeup for this very large township, here is as complete a list of the ancient(*) Parish of St John the Baptist Halifax (Church of England) and its chapels and churches (as of 1870) as can be compiled:

Church of England

 * St John the Baptist* - 1503
 * Halifax Christ Church -see Mount Pellon
 * Halifax Holy Trinity - 1795
 * Halifax All Souls, Haley Hill - 1859 ,
 * Halifax St Hilda - 1909
 * Halifax St Jude - 1891
 * Halifax St James - 1831
 * Halifax St Mary - 1870
 * Halifax Old St Paul - 1772
 * Halifax St. Paul, King's-Cross - 1847
 * Halifax St Mary - 1869
 * Halifax St Thomas the Apostle - 1860

The following Church of England district churches also lay within the civil parish boundaries of Halifax:


 * Barkisland - 1854
 * Briers - 1732 - see also Southowram
 * Brighouse St James - 1870
 * Brighouse St Andrew - 1840?
 * Coley - 1720
 * Copley - 1866
 * Elland - 1600
 * Greetland - 1858
 * Hebden-Bridge - 1853
 * Heptonstall - 1593
 * Hill Top - 1843
 * Brighouse St Martin or Hipperholme with Brighouse - 1831
 * Illingworth St Mary - 1695
 * Overseers Account Books - see Heptonstall Chapelry
 * Lightcliffe Chapel or Eastfield St Matthew - 1707 (built by 1529)
 * Luddenden - 1626
 * Mount-Pellon - 1854
 * Mytholmroyd - 1844
 * Norland - 1716
 * Norland St Luke - 1866
 * Northowram - 1846 - see also Halifax All Souls
 * Old Brigg Sowerby Chapel - 1538; superseded by Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge (see below)
 * Ovenden - 1839
 * South Owram - 1813
 * Rastrick - 1716
 * Ovenden - 1839
 * South Owram - 1813
 * Rastrick - 1716


 * Rippenden - 1684


 * Salterhebble - 1847
 * Sowerby-Bridge - 1664
 * Sowerby Bridge Christ Church - 1821
 * Sowerby Bridge Christ Church - 1821


 * Sowerby St Mary - 1848
 * St Peter's, Sowerby Chapel - 1592
 * Stainland - 1782


 * Stainland with Old Lindley - 1839
 * Warley St John the Evangelist - 1878

Nonconformist Chapels
[Be certain to see the FamilySearch Catalog online for additional Halifax Nonconformist chapel registers for this populated region. Type "Halifax" and click on "Church records and/or Church records - Indexes"]

Independent

 * Northowram (or Coley) Independent - 1644 (to 1752)
 * Northowram (or Coley) Independent - 1644 (to 1752)
 * Northowram (or Coley) Independent - 1644 (to 1752)
 * Northowram (or Coley) Independent - 1644 (to 1752)
 * Northowram (or Coley) Independent - 1644 (to 1752)
 * Northowram (or Coley) Independent - 1644 (to 1752)

Baptist

 * Rishworth - 1802
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Congregational

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United Reformed

 * , Booth Chapel Graveyard inscriptions 1800
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Roman Catholic


References

Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) London

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (abt 1870) London - Edinburgh

Jurisdiction 1851 Maps project at: FamilySearch.org

FamilySearch Catalog at: FamilySearch.org