Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield Explained

Holy Trinity Church
Coordinates:53.6499°N -1.7931°W
Location:Huddersfield
Country:United Kingdom
Denomination:Anglican
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Heritage Designation:Grade II*
Architect:Thomas Taylor
Groundbreaking:1816
Completed Date:1819
Deanery:Huddersfield
Archdeaconry:Halifax
Episcopalarea:Huddersfield
Diocese:Leeds
Province:York

Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1819 and is a grade II* listed building. The church is situated just off Trinity Street, named after the church and forming part of the main A640 road from Huddersfield to Rochdale, and is just outside the town centre, in the suburb of Marsh. The parish forms part of the diocese of Leeds.

History

In the early 19th century the town of Huddersfield was growing rapidly as a result of the Industrial Revolution and the town's parish church was too small to cope. In order to address this, Holy Trinity was built between 1816 and 1819 as a chapel of ease, and consecrated in 1820.[1] The new church was funded by Benjamin Haigh Allen, a local banker, and designed by the architect Thomas Taylor of Leeds.

Benjamin Haigh Allen invited Henry Maddock (1781-1826) to be Holy Trinity's first Perpetual Curate. Maddock met Allen during a preaching tour he gave in 1814 along with the Revd. Legh Richmond, on behalf of the Church Mission Society.[2]

Holy Trinity became a parish church in its own right in 1857, serving Marsh and the adjoining suburbs of Edgerton and Springwood.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Wolffe . John . Yorkshire returns of the 1851 census of religious worship . 2000 . University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research . York . 1-904497-11-X . 22.
  2. Web site: No. 8: Rev. Henry John Maddock Holy Trinity's first incumbent, 1820 - 5. holytrinityhuddersfield.com. 1. 14 March 2022.
  3. Web site: History . Holy Trinity Huddersfield . 16 August 2017 . 16 August 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170816121342/http://www.holytrinityhuddersfield.com/who-we-are/history/.