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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:
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Church of England
Halifax Christ Church -
Halifax All Souls, Haley Hill - 1859 [1]
Halifax St Hilda - 187?
Halifax St Jude - 188?
Halifax St Mary - 1870
Halifax Old St Paul - 1772
Halifax St. Paul, King's-Cross - 1847
Halifax St John in the Wilderness - see Cragg Vale below
The following Church of England district churches also lay within the civil parish boundaries of Halifax:
- Elland - 1600
- Briers - 1732 - see also Southowram
- Heptonstall - 1593
- Barkisland - 1854
- Coley - 1720
- Cragg Vale - 1815
- Crossstone or Cross Stone - 1813
- Erringden - 1815
- Greetland - 1858
- Hebden-Bridge - 1853
- Brighouse or Hipperholme with Brighouse - 1831
- Langfield - 1707 Overseers Account Books - see Heptonstall Chapelry
- Lightcliffe - 1707
- Luddenden - 1626
- Mount-Pellon - 1854
- Mytholmroyd - 1844
- Norland - 1716
- Ovenden - 1839
- South Owram - 1813
- Rastrick - 1716
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- Stainland - 1782
- Stainland with Old Lindley - 1839
- Warley St John the Evangelist - 188?
Nonconformist Chapels
[Be certain to see the Family History Library Catalog online for additional Halifax Nonconformist chapel registers for this populated region. Type "Halifax" and click on "Church records and/or Church records - Indexes"]
Presbyterian
Independent
- Halifax Wade St Sion Independent Chapel - 1818
- Halifax Square Chapel Independent - 1763
- Halifax Bramley Lane Independent - 1831
- Warley - 1748
- Booth Chapel Independent - 1785
- Northowram (or Coley) Independent - 1644 (to 1752)
- Ovenden Providence Chapel Independent - 1837
Baptist
- Rishworth - 1802 Rishworth Baptist Church records 1807
- Lineholm Chapel Standsfield Baptist - 1816
- Shore Chapel Baptist - 1821
- Stansfield Baptist Church - 1737
- Butts Green Baptist - 1837 (burials, & etc)
- Wadsworth Birchcliff Baptist - 1785
Congregational
- Heywood Congregational - 1748
- Rishworth -
- Union Croft Queensbury, Northowram Congregational - 1800 (graveyard inscriptions)
- Union Croft Queensbury baptisms & marriage transcripts 1899
United Reformed
- Booth Chapel - 1836 Booth Chapel Graveyard inscriptions 1800
- Warley United Reformed Church - 1748 (graveyard inscriptions)
- Holywell United Reformed Church - 1850 (graveyard inscriptions)
- Halifax Beestonley Lane United Reformed Church - 1800 (graveyard inscriptions)
- Northowram, Heywood United Reformed Church baptisms - 1744
Methodist New Connexion
- Ovenden Methodist New Connexion - 1779
- Halifax Salem New Connexion Methodist - 1806
- Sowerby Boulderclough Chapel New Connexion Methodist - 1824
- Midgley New Connexion Methodist Chapel - 1803
Methodist Wesleyan
- Stones Wesleyan Methodist Chapel - 1804
- Brighouse Wesleyan Methodist - 1796
- Elland Wesleyan Methodist - 1807
- Halifax South Parade Wesleyan Methodist - 1772
- Halifax Blackmires Chapel Wesleyan Methodist - 1820
- Halifax Ebenezer Chapel Methodist - 1819
- South Owram Wesleyan Methodist - 1807
Primitive Methodist
- Halifax Ebenezer Chapel - 1828
- Halifax Pellon Lane Chapel - 1779
- Shelf Primitive Methodist - 1823
- Round Hill Primitive Methodist monumental inscriptions - 1800
Society of Friends
Roman Catholic
References
Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) London
Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (abt 1870) London - Edinburgh
Jurisdiction 1851 Maps project at: FamilySearch.org
Family History Library Catalog at: FamilySearch.org
References
- ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1512-1812 at Ancestry (£). Described as Rastrick, St Matthew. Partially indexed.
- ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1512-1812 at Ancestry (£). Described as Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church. Partially indexed.
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