Medieval and Manuscripts

Halifax Minster

Halifax Minster is the minster church of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The parish church 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 Dewsbury Minster and Leeds Minster. Halifax Minster, which stands on the site of an earlier Norman church, was built during the 15th century, although the Rokeby and Holdsworth Chapels were not completed until around 1530. The organ contains much-altered elements by John Snetzler in 1763 and installed in 1766 but is mainly an instrument by Abbott and Smith, later rebuilt and partly revoiced by Harrison & Harrison of Durham. Other notable features of the church include a medieval font cover, Jacobean box pews, and the tombstone of 19th-century diarist Anne Lister.

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• ▸Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
• ▸Cape Verde giant skink
• ▸Agapemonites

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