Helme, West Yorkshire Explained

Official Name:	Helme
Civil Parish:	Meltham
Country:	England
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Coordinates:	53.6041°N -1.8503°W
Metropolitan Borough:	Kirklees
Metropolitan County:	West Yorkshire
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Static Image:	Christ Church, Helme 1 (3301391764).jpg
Static Image Caption:	Christ Church

Helme is a village in the civil parish of Meltham, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is near the town of Meltham and Blackmoorfoot Reservoir. Helme, constituted in 1858, was part of Almondbury parish in the 19th century.^[1]

Amenities

The local primary school is Helme Church of England Academy.^[2] Christ Church on Slades Lane, designed by James Pigott Pritchett and consecrated in November 1859, is a Grade II listed building.^[3]

Nearby Helme Hall, built in the late 19th century, is now a nursing and residential home for the elderly.^[4]

See also

• Listed buildings in Meltham

References

1. Helme. In: John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72. See also Web site: Helme West Riding. A sision of Britain in time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth.
2. Web site: Helme Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School. School Guide. 18 March 2018.
3. Web site: Christ Church, Helme. Huddersfield Exposed. 18 March 2018.
4. Web site: Helme Hall, Helme Lane, Helme. Huddersfield Exposed. 18 March 2018.