This web site is a photographic tour of the two churches and churchyard of Heptonstall village in West Yorkshire, England.
Click on the headings below to visit the galleries.
The origins of this building are belived to be thirteenth century. It was extended in the fourteenth century and fifteenth century. The current tower is fifteenth century upon a thirteenth century base. The church was used until 1854 and then closed when the new church was completed.
When the great storm of 1847 destroyed the west face of the old tower a subscription list for a new church was opened. Nearly all the stone used was quarried nearby. The clock in the tower was taken from the old church where it had been in place for 45 years. The font from the old church was placed inside the new church to preserve it as it is belived to be the original thirteenth century font.
Only a handful of churchyards in Britain can boast two churches. The burial registers from 1594 to 1812 account for over 25,000 bodies though it is believed it holds over 100,000.
One of the gravestones on the floor of the old church with the date 1551.
All photographs are the property of Nycola Simpson, please do not steal these images. These photographs were taken with a Fujica ST-801 camera with a standard 50mm lens.
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NYKS