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Try Halifax Parish Church - lots of printed registers available- Southowram was originally a 'chapel of ease' for Halifax parish, and most records will be copied there. We have some printed registers at home for halifax PC and also for Elland, if you'd like a quick look up. (just checked our books, we only seem to have registers for 1500's, unless my hubby has hidden them!) The archives dept at Halifax (Calderdale) public library are very helpful, and have lots of goodies on microfilm. My husband has managed to go back to around 1500 for his Bates family from Ovenden, Also consider contacting the Halifax Antiquarian Society for help Irene

Sarah This is the details of St Annes, St Annes Church, Southowram. Though the present church was built in 1819, the religious history of the site goes back to 1445, when a papal licence was granted to the Manor House in Southowram to erect a 'free chapel', which was dedicated to St John and not under the supervision of Halifax Parish Church. This was followed by the Chapel of St Anne's-in-the-Grove about 1530, probably built by John Lacy of Cromwell Bottom Hall as a chapel-of-ease. Between 1547 and 1549, all free chapels were confiscated by the Crown and the chapel was closed. Soon it was in use again, but closed once more for 'lack of maintenance' in 1602. After renovation in 1630, the chapel continued to serve the community until it was taken down in 1816. The present church building, in the vicinity of the older chapel, was consecrated in October 1819 and designed by Thomas Taylor (also architect of St Mary the Virgin, Luddenden) in a restrained Gothic Revival style. The church is known as St Anne's-in-the-Grove and is said to have inspired Emily Bronte. Anne Lister is buried in the church. According to the C of E web-site, its in the Wakefield Diocese & the Deanery of Halifax. Ken

thankyou chris, will have a nosey sarah.

The GENUKI website is usually a good source for information regarding churches, and lots of other items about locations in the UK too. Here's the page about Halifax: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Halifax/index.html Chris

ken, thanyou will look into that. do you if that church have been there beginning of the 1800? and would it of been classed as the parish of halifax?

hi, looking for a william murgatroyd born southowram, he married in june 1842 at parish of halifax? and was a warp dresser. his father was also called william and was a cord wainer. been on the familysearch. but still confused. thanks sarah

The church of England have a web site called Church near you. http://www.acny(.)org(.)uk/ This is the result of a search St Anne-in-the-Grove, Southowram Our Location: Church Lane Southowram West Yorkshire HX3 9TD Ken

does anyone know the name of the church if you had a ancester that was born in southowram, halifax in 1812-22? so i can trace his birth and his parents, as i am really stuck thankyou, sarah.

I don't know the name of the church, but have you looked on the IGI for the birth or christening? What name are you looking for? Kath. x