Holy Trinity Church, Holmfirth

Anglican church in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England

Church

Holy Trinity, Holmfirth

53°34′12″N 1°47′09″W﻿ / ﻿53.5701°N 1.7858°W﻿ / 53.5701; -1.7858
Denomination| Anglican
Architecture
Functional status| Active
Heritage designation| Grade II
Designated| 16 January 1967
Architect(s)| Joseph Jagger
Style| Neo Gothic
Years built| c. 1780
Administration
Diocese| Leeds

Holy Trinity Church, Holmfirth is an Anglican church in the town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, England.

Holmfirth's chapelry historically covered townships which lay on or near the boundary between the parishes of Kirkburton and Almondbury: Wooldate, Hepworth and Cartworth in Kirkburton, and Holme, Austonley and Upperthong in Almondbury. Like many rural parishes, these covered wide areas, but with the rise in urbanisation and the corresponding population increases, these parishes have since been subdivided and new churches have been built.

A church in Holmfirth is first recorded during the 1480s; a grant was made by Edward IV to the church (and confirmed by Richard III). The first stone building being completed in 1500.[1] The church was demolished and rebuilt in 1632, with the seating capacity increased. In 1635, the incoming curate, one John Bynns, obtained a commission from the Ecclesiastical Court to allot all the seats to the congregation, most of whom did not know their seats. The congregation, who were then required to pay ten pence per year for their seats, revolted and refused to pay. Legal proceedings were subsequently launched and lasted until 1639, when Bynns received compensation, though he remained deeply unpopular with the congregation, who tried to displace him in 1646, though appear to have been unsuccessful. Bynns died soon after this. The church was elevated to the status of a parish church in 1651 or 1652.[2]

The church was severely damaged in a flood in 1777, and was subsequently replaced by the present church, which dates from the 1780s,[3] The tower, originally containing six bells, was added at a later date and in 1934 the bells increased to 8 in total. The church became Grade II listed in 1967.[4]

The church installed a disabled access ramp in 2019. In 2020, the ramp was vandalised by an unknown offender who left a note explaining that their reason for doing so was a desire to see the historic steps reinstated.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Denby Dale Coffee, History of Holmfirth". Retrieved 20 January 2021.
2. ^ "The History and Topography of the Parish of Kirkburton and of the Graveship of Holme (1861) - Chapelry and Church of Holmfirth". Retrieved 31 January 2021.
3. ^ "Holmfirth Local History Group". Retrieved 20 January 2021.
4. ^ "British Listed Buildings". Retrieved 20 January 2021.
5. ^ "Police investigating bizarre disabled ramp vandalism protest". Retrieved 21 January 2021.

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Churches in the Deanery of Almondbury and Kirkburton

Benefice of Almondbury|

* All Hallows, Almondbury
* St Lucius, Farnley Tyas
* St Michael and St Helen, Almondbury

Benefice of Cumberworth|

* Holy Trinity, Denby Dale
* St John, Denby
* St Nicholas, Cumberworth
* St Paul, Shepley

Benefice of High Hoyland|

* All Saints, Clayton West
* St Augustine, Scissett

Benefice of Honley|

* St George, Brockholes
* St Mary, Honley

Benefice of Kirkburton and Shelley|

* All Hallows, Kirkburton
* Emmanuel, Shelley

Benefice of Kirkheaton|

* St Bartholomew, Grange Moor
* St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton

Benefice of Lepton|

* St James, Flockton
* St John, Lepton
* St Michael, Emley

Benefice of Meltham|

* Christ Church, Meltham
* St Bartholomew, Meltham
* St James, Meltham Mills
* St Mary, Wilshaw

Benefice of Moldgreen and Rawthorpe|

* Christ Church, Moldgreen
* St James, Rawthorpe

Benefice of Newsome|

* Holy Trinity, South Crosland
* St Paul, Armitage Bridge

Benefice of Skelmanthorpe|

* St Aidan, Skelmanthorpe

Benefice of Upper Holme Valley|

* All Saints, Netherthong
* Christ Church, New Mill
* Holy Trinity, Hepworth
* Holy Trinity, Holmfirth
* St David, Holmbridge
* St John, Upperthong
* St Thomas, Thurstonland

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