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Old St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe

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Tower of the former St Matthew's parish church, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire. The church was first built in 1529 as St Matthew's Chapel, a chapel of ease in Halifax parish. Ir became known as Eastfield Chapel. It was suppressed about 1547 but restored in 1598. It was made a parish church in 1749. It was rebuilt in 1775 to designs by the architect was William Mallinson of Halifax. It was replaced in 1875 by a newer St Matthew's parish church further up Wakefield Road. All of the old church except the tower was demolished in 1969. In the belfry is a stone taken from an earlier church on this site, inscribed: Deo et Sancto Mattaeo Apostolo Evangelistae Martyri Sacra A. O. DCXXIX.
Tower of the former St Matthew's parish church, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire. The church was first built in 1529 as St Matthew's Chapel, a chapel of ease in Halifax parish. Ir became known as Eastfield Chapel. It was suppressed about 1547 but restored in 1598. It was made a parish church in 1749. It was rebuilt in 1775 to designs by the architect was William Mallinson of Halifax. It was replaced in 1875 by a newer St Matthew's parish church further up Wakefield Road. All of the old church except the tower was demolished in 1969. In the belfry is a stone taken from an earlier church on this site, inscribed: Deo et Sancto Mattaeo Apostolo Evangelistae Martyri Sacra A. O. DCXXIX. Author: Humphrey Bolton, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
53° 43' 28.20" N, 1° 47' 22.56" W

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