New chursh seen from ruins of old church, Heptonstall


Heptonstall's original church was dedicated to St Thomas a Becket. It was founded , and was altered and added to over several centuries. The church was damaged by a gale in 1847, and is now only a shell. A new church, St Thomas the Apostle, was built in the same churchyard.


Size: 5566px × 3711px
Location: Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, uk
Photo credit: © Raelene Goddard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: calderdale, church, churchyard, derelict, grave, gravestone, gravestones, graveyard, hamlet, headstone, heptonstall, paving, ruin, ruined, slab, stone, tower, village, west, yorkshire