Helme, West Yorkshire

Helme
Christ Church
Helme is located in West Yorkshire
Helme
Helme
Location within West Yorkshire
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
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53°36′15″N 1°51′01″W / 53.6041°N 1.8503°W / 53.6041; -1.8503

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][4]

Nearby Helme Hall, built in the late 19th century, is now a nursing and residential home for the elderly.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Helme. In: John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72. See also "Helme West Riding". A sision of Britain in time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth.
  2. ^ "Helme Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School". School Guide. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Christ Church, Helme". Huddersfield Exposed. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1300326)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Helme Hall, Helme Lane, Helme". Huddersfield Exposed. Retrieved 18 March 2018.


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