Northowram () is a village in
Calderdale
Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, whose population in 2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the u ...
,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England that stands to the east of
Halifax on the north side of
Shibden valley.
Southowram
Southowram () is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England that stands on the hill top to the east of Halifax, on the south side of Shibden valley. The village falls within the Town ward of Calderdale Council. It is a small Pennine v ...
stands on the southern side of the valley.
The village was documented in the 19th century
as being in the parish of Halifax, 2½ miles north-east of Halifax and 6½ miles from
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
. Its population at that point was 6,841 and Northowram Hall was the seat of J.F. Dyson, Esq. The ward is now called Northowram and
Shelf. The population at the 2011 Census was 11,618.
The village has three churches: St Matthew's
Church of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ca ...
, a
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ...
church, and a
Heywood United Reformed Church. St Matthew's is a Grade II
listed building
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which is constructed of snecked local sandstone with a graded stone-slate roof. In addition, the village today has 21 shops and one school, Northowram Primary School.
The serial killer
John Christie was born at Black Boy House near the village in 1899.
The village hosts an annual Scarecrow Festival.
See also
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Listed buildings in Northowram
Northowram is in the ward of Northowram and Shelf in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 32 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List fo ...
References
External links
A concise history of the parish and vicarage of Halifax, in the county of York By John Crabtree Published 1836
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Villages in West Yorkshire
Halifax, West Yorkshire