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            Christ Church was opened on the 24th May 1821 but, its roots go back much further in time. Nearly 300 years before in 1526 a chapel of ease was built to serve the people of the townships of Warley, Norland and part of the township of Skircoat, in the ancient Parish of Halifax.

It was situated on low-lying ground just opposite the junction of the Ryburn stream with the River Calder between a fulling mill to the east and Sowerby Bridge to the west.

By the end of the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution had begun to transform Sowerby Bridge. The population was increasing and the accommodation and facilities provided by the chapel were becoming inadequate, apart from which, the building was showing its age and it was frequently flooded in the winter when the level of the river rose after a storm.

Timothy Bates, who in 1786 founded the oldest engineering firm in Calderdale, (later to become Pollit and Wigzell Ltd), a member of the committee, offered to sell a parcel of land on which the church now stands.

A faculty was obtained from the Archbishop of York and on April 22nd 1819 the foundation stone was laid. Just over two years later Christ Church was opened

Taken in: UK / England / Ripponden / Sowerby Bridge (show map)

Taken on: September 5, 2019

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