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English: St Martin's School, Church Lane, Brighouse This started as a National School c.1834, and within 25 years there was a problem of overcrowding and money was raised to build extensions, completed by 1863. There were probably further extensions later on; there are far more buildings than can be shown on one photograph.
The milestone is on the south side of Elland Road (A6025 road). It has an arched head, a triangular plan, two projecting faces, and lettering in cast iron. On the head is "ELLAND & BRIGHOUSE ROAD" and "SOUTHOWRAM", and on the faces are the distances to Elland, Wakefield and Dewsbury. [66] II: Milestone opposite 100 Elland Road
Brighouse, viewed from Thornhills Lane, Clifton. Brighouse was historically part of the township of Hipperholme with Brighouse in the large ancient parish of Halifax. [11] The township became a civil parish in 1866, but was abolished in 1894 and divided: Brighouse became a municipal borough (and civil parish), Hipperholme became an urban district and Norwood Green and Coley became a civil ...
The church at St Martin's is dedicated to St Martin of Tours and the parish was part of the Welsh Diocese of St Asaph until 1922 when it was transferred to the English Diocese of Lichfield. The area was, for centuries, under the influence of nearby Chirk Castle and, later, the Trevor family of Brynkinallt ( Welsh : Bryncunallt ) in Chirk.
It became a separate civil parish in 1866. [1] From 1837 it formed part of the Halifax Poor Law Union and therefore became part of the Halifax Rural District when it was created in 1894. [2] The parish of Clifton was abolished in 1937. Most of the parish, including the village itself, was added to the parish and Municipal Borough of Brighouse.
Across the road from this Church is Rastrick Parish Centre, the church hall for St Matthew's Church. The Church of St John the Divine is located off Gooder Lane close to Brighouse railway station and was designed by Nicholson and Corlette in 1913. [9] [10] Both St Matthew's and St John's share the same Church of England vicar. The non ...
St. Martin's Parish Church entrance. The earliest part, the nave, tower and chancel, date from 1225 to 1250, with the northern aisle being added a century later. The porch was added around 1520 and has a sundial dated 1751. [6] The font is the oldest in the island, dating from before the reformation.
St Martin's Church stands in the centre of the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed ...