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Regulation Colours were laid up in the church. The Colour party, with 2 escorts of 40 troops, marched through Halifax from the town hall, preceded by the Regimental Drums and the Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band. There was a short ceremony in the Minster grounds where the troops were inspected by Colin
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A more recent reordering scheme took place in 1983, when pews at the east end of the nave were removed, and a dais installed for the nave altar. At the millennium, after an appeal, Victorian pews were removed from the west end of the church, to provide a more open reception area, with adjacent fitted
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are a prominent feature of the Minster, and most of those in the nave date from 1633 to 1634. A pew in the centre aisle bears the remains of a memorial brass to John Waterhouse, who died in 1539/40. The carved arms of Richard Sunderland of High Sunderland, who died in 1634, are attached to another
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The font cover is a feature surviving from the medieval period, and is acknowledged to be one of the finest in England. The stone font bowl may also date from the 15th century, or earlier. Before 1879 traces of paint could be seen on both font and cover, and it was once ornately gilded. The
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The present church was built in the fifteenth century, apparently fulfilling a need for "more spacious accommodation for the growing population of the parish". The nave and chancel were completed around 1450. At some time between 1455 and 1480, the eastern wall was made higher to accommodate a
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A series of painted ceiling panels, representing the heraldry of the vicars and famous families of Halifax Parish. These were originally painted by James Hoyle, and were put in place between about 1696 and 1703, but were repainted in 1815–16, and cleaned in
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The large west window in the tower is a late 19th-century reconstruction of a Commonwealth window dating from 1657, but contains no original work. The great east window of the church depicts the crucifixion and resurrection of
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On the west wall near the tower is a list of former rectors and vicars. The most famous were Hubert Walter, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury, and William Rokeby, who became Archbishop of Dublin.
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pew. Several ancient pew nameplates may be seen attached to a board on the inner north wall of the tower, the oldest dates to 1615 and reads: "This stall made at the cost of Robert Fisher of Halifax."
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The alms-box is held by a life-sized wooden effigy known as "Old Tristram", carved by John Aked about 1701. The carving is believed to represent a real person who once begged in the church precincts.
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A set of late 17th-century altar rails, with a fine double-spiral carving. The altar was first railed-in by 1665; these rails were replaced by the present "twisted banisters" in 1698.
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of the town, it was granted minster status in 2009. Halifax Minster is one of three churches in the county of West Yorkshire to be given this honorific title; the other two are
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A small portion of medieval stained-glass survives in the upper westernmost clerestory window, which was removed from other windows in the mid-19th century. The
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church, was built during the 15th century, although the Rokeby and Holdsworth Chapels were not completed until around 1530. The organ was built by
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cover was originally intended to prevent people from stealing the baptismal water kept in the font, which was supposed to have curative powers.
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and Robert Holdsworth, were completed around 1530. William Rokeby's heart and bowels are buried beneath his chapel, as stipulated in his will.
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A pulpit on wheels. This was given in 1879 in memory of Archdeacon Charles Musgrave (vicar 1827–75), by members of his family.
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The Bishop Ferrar Memorial dating from 1847 is a feature of the western wall of the south aisle. From Halifax parish, Bishop
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in 1763 and installed in 1766. Other notable features of the church include a medieval font cover,
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in the sanctuary date from the 15th century, and were restored in 1879. They contain three
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of 1851. The remaining glass in the church dates also from the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
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The first church on this spot, thought to date from around 1120, was owned and operated by the
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Two Royal Coats of Arms of Queen Anne, dating from 1705. They were carved by John Aked.
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The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland, Volume 1
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Church of England minster in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
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previously organist at St. Bartholomew's Church, Armley
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Halifax Minster, which stands on the site of an earlier
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in 1555. The sculpture is by Joseph Bentley Leyland.
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53Β°43β€²24β€³N 1Β°51β€²13β€³W / 53.72320Β°N 1.85371Β°W / 53.72320; -1.85371
OS grid reference
SE 0975 2521
Denomination
Church of England
Churchmanship
Broad Church
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Dedication
St John the Baptist
Grade I listed building
Perpendicular Gothic
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York
Diocese
Leeds
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Halifax
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Churchwarden(s)

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