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60: 250: 52: 166: 231: 150:. Groups met in farmhouses as early as the late 18th century and the first chapel was built in 1814. This was enlarged in 1870 and rebuilt in 1911. An adjacent 139:. One theory is that the name derives from an area of caverns, inhabited by mankins. A second theory is that the name means "Mancan's Hollow", Mancan being an 158:
closed on 1 July 1979, when the congregation joined with that of Lumbutts Methodist Church, situated midway between the villages of Mankinholes and
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recording its first meaning as "fierce wild man". The surname Mankin is found in parish records of the township of
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term for a mountain or large hill). The hill is surmounted by a 19th-century
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Lumbutts & Mankinholes Conservation Area Character Appraisal
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surname. This would indicate an Irish-Viking settlement.
128: 302: 285: 292: 278: 169:Mankinholes and Lumbutts in November 2020 100:, managed by the larger hostel at nearby 189:, Calderdale Borough Council, April 2008 164: 58: 50: 303: 123:The name "Mankin" is believed to have 244: 146:Mankinholes was an early centre of 13: 79:Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale 14: 332: 224: 85:, England. It is situated in the 16:Hamlet in West Yorkshire, England 248: 229: 196: 154:was built in 1833. Mankinholes 321:West Yorkshire geography stubs 180: 1: 173: 264:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 63:Date stone for Mankinholes 10: 337: 311:Villages in West Yorkshire 243: 211:Methodism in Mankinholes 89:and the nearest town is 260:location article is a 204:History of Mankinholes 170: 67: 56: 238:at Wikimedia Commons 168: 62: 54: 55:Mankinholes in 2016 33: /  171: 148:Wesleyan Methodism 135:and the parish of 127:origins, with the 68: 57: 273: 272: 234:Media related to 328: 294: 287: 280: 252: 245: 233: 190: 184: 156:Methodist Church 65:Methodist Church 48: 47: 45: 44: 43: 38: 37:53.707°N 2.067°W 34: 31: 30: 29: 26: 336: 335: 331: 330: 329: 327: 326: 325: 301: 300: 299: 298: 241: 227: 216:Wilkinson, R., 209:Wilkinson, R., 199: 194: 193: 185: 181: 176: 41: 39: 35: 32: 27: 24: 22: 20: 19: 17: 12: 11: 5: 334: 324: 323: 318: 313: 297: 296: 289: 282: 274: 271: 270: 258:West Yorkshire 253: 226: 225:External links 223: 222: 221: 218:Unto the Hills 214: 207: 202:Mitchell, E., 198: 195: 192: 191: 178: 177: 175: 172: 108:(pike being a 83:West Yorkshire 42:53.707; -2.067 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 333: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 309: 308: 306: 295: 290: 288: 283: 281: 276: 275: 269: 267: 263: 259: 254: 251: 247: 246: 242: 239: 237: 232: 219: 215: 212: 208: 205: 201: 200: 197:Other sources 188: 183: 179: 167: 163: 161: 157: 153: 152:Sunday School 149: 144: 142: 138: 134: 130: 126: 121: 119: 115: 111: 110:North-country 107: 106:Stoodley Pike 103: 99: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 66: 61: 53: 49: 46: 266:expanding it 255: 240: 228: 217: 210: 203: 182: 145: 122: 70: 69: 18: 236:Mankinholes 118:Crimean War 71:Mankinholes 40: / 305:Categories 174:References 25:53°42′25″N 316:Todmorden 133:Langfield 91:Todmorden 28:2°04′01″W 160:Lumbutts 87:Pennines 137:Halifax 114:obelisk 102:Haworth 77:in the 220:, 1987 213:, 1964 206:, 1909 125:Celtic 98:hostel 75:hamlet 256:This 141:Irish 81:, in 73:is a 262:stub 129:OED 95:YHA 307:: 120:. 293:e 286:t 279:v 268:.

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53°42′25″N 2°04′01″W / 53.707°N 2.067°W / 53.707; -2.067


Methodist Church
hamlet
Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
West Yorkshire
Pennines
Todmorden
YHA
hostel
Haworth
Stoodley Pike
North-country
obelisk
Crimean War
Celtic
OED
Langfield
Halifax
Irish
Wesleyan Methodism
Sunday School
Methodist Church
Lumbutts

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