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41-620: Holmfirth Civic Hall is a historic municipal building in Holmfirth , a town in West Yorkshire in England. The civic hall, which is currently used as a public events venue, is a Grade II listed building . The building was originally financed by public subscription and commissioned by the Holmfirth and Literary and Philosophical Society as their meeting place. The site selected was on the west side of

82-405: A corn mill and bridge in the 13th century. Three hundred years later Holmfirth expanded rapidly as the growing cloth trade grew and the production of stone and slates from the surrounding quarries increased. The present parish church was built in 1778 after the church built in 1476 was swept away in a flood the previous year. Dr Albert Lister Peace was the church's organist, at the age of nine, in

123-399: A diocese, there can also be overlapping parishes for Catholics belonging to a particular rite, language, nationality, or community. Each parish has its own central church called the parish church, where religious services take place. The parish church is the center of most Catholics' spiritual life since it is there that they receive the sacraments . On Sundays and perhaps also daily, Mass

164-459: A geographically extensive rural parish) or mission church . Often the parish church will be the only one to have a full-time minister , who will also serve any smaller churches within the parish. (For example, St. Peter's Church in St. George's Parish, Bermuda, is located on St. George's Island ; hence, a chapel-of-ease, named simply Chapel-of-Ease , was erected on neighbouring St. David's Island so that

205-458: A private house. Other sections of the line further down the valley have been sold off for private housing and the viaduct, crossing the valley from the A616 (New Mill Road), at Brockholes, over Spring Wood, has been demolished. The station was presided over and maintained by a groundskeeper, Cecil Walker, between the years 1850 and 1879, when he retired and maintenance responsibilities were transferred to

246-588: A ten-hour working day , Richard Oastler , held a rally in the town hall in April 1844. In March 1866, a new company, known as the Holmfirth Town Hall Company, was formed to acquire the building and to promote it more vigorously as a public events venue. In the early 1890s, the complex was extended to the southwest to create a drill hall. The drill hall was designed in the Tudor style , built in rubble masonry and

287-500: A wide selection of folk music and folk dance acts from around the UK. Performances take place in a variety of indoor and outdoor venues throughout the town. Holmfirth Arts Festival is a multi-arts festival which celebrates Creativity, Ideas, People and Landscape in the Holme Valley. Its ticketed, community engagement, outdoor arts and arts in the landscape programmes take place throughout

328-460: Is consecrated . If there is no parish church, the bishop licenses another building for worship, and may designate it as a parish centre of worship . This building is not consecrated, but is dedicated, and for most legal purposes it is deemed to be a parish church. In areas of increasing secularisation or shifts in religious belief, centres of worship are becoming more common, and many larger churches have been sold due to their upkeep costs. Instead

369-460: Is celebrated by a priest resident in the parish. Confession is made available and perhaps Vespers in the larger or more progressive parishes. There are also laity-led activities and social events in accordance with local culture and circumstances. Roman Catholics are not obliged to worship only at the parish church to which they belong, but they may for convenience or taste, attend services at any Roman Catholic church. However, their parish church

410-491: Is concerned, there is also a system of civil parishes , which represent the smallest tier of administrative units. However since the 19th century these have not shared the same boundaries, or often the same names. (In other territories arrangements may differ, e.g. in Bermuda civil and church parishes still share the same boundaries, see Anglican Church of Bermuda ). Most ecclesiastical parishes have an Anglican parish church , which

451-589: Is five bays deep. The former drill hall is designed in the Tudor style, with a large hall and other rooms including an armoury. The whole structure was grade II listed in 1983, along with its boundary wall and gate piers. Holmfirth Holmfirth ( / ˈ h oʊ m f ɜː θ / ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees , West Yorkshire , England. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Huddersfield and 14 miles (23 km) west of Barnsley ;

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492-490: Is increasing with several accommodation and tourist pursuits developing in the town including booking software to manage and market accommodation. New holiday accommodation includes that linked to the new Winery in Cartworth Moor. Longley Farm , founded in 1948, manufacturer of dairy products, is a significant employer in the town. On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France , from York to Sheffield, passed through

533-487: Is served by the local newspaper, Huddersfield Daily Examiner . The nearest National Rail station is at Brockholes , 2.2 miles (3.5 km) away from the town centre. Northern Trains operates a regular service along the Penistone Line between Huddersfield , Barnsley and Sheffield . The town was previously served by Holmfirth railway station , which was at the end of a short branch line, which diverged from

574-399: Is the one, where members of the parish must go to, for baptisms and weddings , unless they are permitted by the parish priest (US ' pastor ') for celebrating those sacraments elsewhere. One sign of that is the parish church being the only one to have a baptismal font . Some larger parishes or parishes that have been combined under one parish priest, may have two or more such churches, or

615-465: The British Film Institute describes as 'a modest but historically significant collection of films'. There are a number of instances when flooding has occurred in the Holme Valley affecting Holmfirth and other settlements in the valley. The earliest recorded Holmfirth flood was in 1738 and the most recent was 1944. The most severe flood occurred early on the morning of 5 February 1852, when

656-789: The Holme Valley Academicals, playing in the Huddersfield District League . Underbank Rangers , one of the most famous amateur Rugby League clubs are based in the town. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from the Emley Moor and local relay transmitters. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds on 92.4 FM, Heart Yorkshire on 106.2 FM, Capital Yorkshire on 105.6 FM, Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 96.3 FM and Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 102.5 FM. The town

697-708: The Holme Valley Orchestra plays throughout the year. The town is particularly associated with an unusual choral folk song , known as the Holmfirth Anthem . Holmfirth's Film Festival and Festival of Folk are held every May, and its Arts Festival takes place over two weeks in June. The town's cinema, the Picturedrome, which opened in 1912 as the Valley Theatre, is now a live music venue and has been nominated for

738-469: The Holmfirth post town include:- Brockholes , Fulstone , Jackson Bridge , Hepworth , Holme , Holmbridge , Honley , Meltham , Netherthong , New Mill , Scholes , Totties , Thongsbridge , Upperthong , Longley , Hade Edge , Underbank and Wooldale . Parish church Each diocese (administrative unit, headed by a bishop) is divided into parishes. Normally, a parish consists of all Catholics living within its geographically defined area. Within

779-468: The Huddersfield Road and construction work was underway by 1838. It was designed in the neoclassical style , built in ashlar stone at a cost of £2,200 and was officially opened with a dinner, a concert and a ball as Holmfirth Town Hall in 1842. The magistrates also began holding their petty sessions there, and it also became an important venue for public meetings: the champion of the campaign for

820-763: The NME Best Small Venue. It hosts various music events. Acts such as Adam Ant , Bad Manners , Buzzcocks , Evile , Fish , Half Man Half Biscuit , Hawkwind , John Martyn , Ocean Colour Scene , the Red Hot Chilli Pipers , Ron Sexsmith , Saxon , Suzi Quatro and the Beat have performed. Holmfirth Art Week, with its July exhibition in the Civic Hall, raises money for Macmillan Cancer Relief . The Holmfirth Festival of Folk takes place in May of each year, featuring

861-680: The Penistone Line just south of Brockholes . A viaduct took the line across the valley and into Thongsbridge where another station was sited. The line then went along the side of the valley coming to a halt just outside the town centre on Station Road. Plans did exist for the line to be extended up the valley and then tunnel under Black Hill to join the Woodhead line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield Victoria . The line closed to passengers in 1959, with goods traffic lasting until 1965. Holmfirth's station building and platform still remain as

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902-567: The area was administered by Holmfirth Urban District Council which was based at the Council Offices in Huddersfield Road in Holmfirth. Since then, Holmfirth has been administered by Kirklees Council . At the lowest tier the local parish council is Holme Valley Parish Council . Holmfirth's only primary school is Holmfirth Junior, Infant, and Nursery School located on Cartworth Road; however, there are many other primary schools in villages and hamlets closely surrounding Holmfirth. In 2017, 82% of

943-613: The area. The former Lodge's supermarket building had been sitting empty in the heart of the town since the Co-op moved to new premises in Crown Bottom. Lodge's was built in the 1970s by the prominent local grocery company. It was opened by Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn and occupied an unusual location over the River Holme beside the town's small bus station. Lodge's was bought in the 1990s by Co-operative Retail Services who eventually closed

984-799: The boundary of the Peak District National Park is 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south-west. The town is sited on the A635 and A6024 roads in the Holme Valley , at the confluence of the River Holme and Ribble . It mostly consists of stone-built cottages nestled on the eastern slopes of the Pennine hills . Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , Holmfirth was a centre for pioneering film-making by Bamforth & Co. , which later switched to

1025-463: The church may use community centres or the facilities of a local church of another denomination. While villages and small towns may have a single parish church, larger towns may have a parish church and other smaller churches in various districts. These other churches do not have the legal or religious status of a parish church, and may be described by a variety of terms, such as chapel of ease (this term more often refers to an additional church in

1066-443: The council was abolished in 1974. The civic hall was transferred to the ownership of Holme Valley Parish Council and brought under the management of the newly-formed Holmfirth Civic Hall Community Trust in 2017. The two-storey former town hall building is constructed of stone, and it has a flat roof. The main facade is to the south-east, and it has three central bays, with tall windows, and single-bay wings either side. The building

1107-680: The council. Holmfirth bus station is located in the centre of the town, from which regular services take varying routes around the outlying villages and to Huddersfield's bus and railway stations. Additional routes connect the town with Barnsley , Sheffield , Wakefield , Denby Dale , Penistone , Slaithwaite and Honley . A limited service operates to Glossop in north Derbyshire . Services are operated by First Calderdale & Huddersfield , Stott's Coaches and South Pennine Community Transport. Holmfirth Choral Society hold regular classical choral music concerts in Holmfirth Civic Hall and

1148-599: The early 1850s. In 1850 Holmfirth railway station opened, on the branch line built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. Local men who served and died in the First and Second World Wars are commemorated on the Holme Valley War Memorial found outside Holme Valley Memorial Hospital. Holmfirth was the home of Bamforth & Co Ltd , who were well known for their cheeky seaside postcards – although around

1189-464: The embankment of the Bilberry Reservoir collapsed causing the deaths of 81 people. Following a severe storm in 1777 the River Holme burst its banks, sweeping away people and property with the loss of three lives; the stone church built in 1476, was also swept away. A storm in 1821 again caused the river to burst its banks. The flooding on the night of 29 May 1944 was not nationally reported and it

1230-481: The island's residents need not cross St. George's Harbour .) In cities without an Anglican cathedral , the parish church may have administrative functions similar to that of a cathedral. However, the diocese will still have a cathedral. The Church of Scotland , the established Presbyterian church also uses a system of parish churches, covering the whole of Scotland . In Massachusetts , towns elected publicly funded parish churches from 1780 until 1834, under

1271-506: The parish may be responsible for chapels (or chapels of ease) located at some distance from the mother church for the convenience of distant parishioners. In England and many British Overseas Territories as well as former British territories, the Church of England parish church is the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. Parishes cover almost the whole area of England. In addition to ecclesiastic parishes , with which this article

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1312-610: The production of saucy seaside postcards. Between 1973 and 2010, Holmfirth and the Holme Valley became well known as the filming location of the BBC 's situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine . In 2023, the filming location of Sid's Cafe in the town centre was preserved. The name Holmfirth derives from Old English holegn ('holly'), in the name of Holme, West Yorkshire , compounded with Middle English frith ('wood'). It thus meant 'the woods at Holme'. The town originally grew up around

1353-425: The school has an Ofsted rating of "outstanding". Holmfirth's economy is dominated by rural and tourism activities. A 2013 youth survey identified reducing opportunities for young adults in the area and an intention to leave to find employment. The survey resulted in a successful bid for lottery funding to create new opportunities and training to increase employment opportunities in the area. Tourism economic activity

1394-405: The school's student were achieving the expected standard for their age and 12% were exceeding the expected standard. Holmfirth High School is a coeducational secondary school that takes in students from the local primary schools named above as well as students from neighbouring villages and hamlets. The school has over 1,300 pupils, split over five-year groups from years 7 to 11. As of June 2023,

1435-500: The store down in 1997, after investing in a brand new £2 million supermarket for the town. Local residents, led by the Holme Valley Business Association, campaigned for its demolition. Their campaign was featured in the 2005 Channel 4 documentary, Demolition . The building has since been converted into several smaller shops, including a Sainsbury's Local, with some accommodation on the top floor. Until 1974,

1476-480: The time of the First World War , they produced postcards of a more sober nature. The printing works on Station Road has now been converted into residential flats. Bamforth's company were early pioneers of film-making, before they abandoned the business in favour of postcards. During the early 1900s Holmfirth was well known for film making; During the periods 1898–1900 and 1913–1915 Bamforth and Co. produced what

1517-430: The town of Holmfirth itself is comparatively small, it is surrounded by several hamlets and villages. These neighbouring settlements are often collectively referred to as "Holmfirth" and include:- Austonley , Arrunden, Burnlee, Cinderhills, Cliff, Deanhouse, Netherthong, Gully, Flushhouse, Hade Edge , Thongsbridge , Upperthong and Washpit. Many of these are located on Cartworth Moor. Other villages and hamlets within

1558-467: The town. The event was televised internationally and attracted huge crowds cheering the riders through the town. Holmfirth Cycling Club was formed in 2013 and, with over 400 members by 2016 became the fastest growing cycling club in the UK. Holmfirth Harriers is an over one hundred year old running group from the area. Holmfirth Cricket Club plays just out of the centre of town next to the river Holme, there are also many local village football teams, such as

1599-467: The year, culminating in an annual four-day festival on the second weekend in June. The Holme Valley Brass Band Contest takes place each year at the civic hall. Actress Jessica Gunning , who won an Emmy Award for her role in Baby Reindeer , was born in Holmfirth in 1986. Holmfirth constitutes a town of its own almost seven miles (11 km) south of the larger town of Huddersfield. While

1640-469: Was completed in 1892. It was commissioned to serve as the home of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment . In 1946, Holmfirth Urban District Council purchased both buildings and refurbished them for public use: the complex was then re-opened as Holmfirth Civic Hall on 7 November 1947. However, the council continued to maintain their own offices at 49/51 Huddersfield Road until

1681-557: Was then overshadowed by the D-Day landings the following week. Holmfirth (and the surrounding countryside) is the setting for the BBC 's long-running comedy Last of the Summer Wine . Thousands of tourists flock to the area each year to enjoy scenery and locations familiar from the series. Filming of the TV Slaithwaite -based drama, Where the Heart Is , had also taken place in and around

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