Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HELME

HELME, a chapelry in Almondbury parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile NE of Meltham, and 2¾ WSW of Honley r. station. It was constituted in 1858; and its post town is Meltham, under Huddersfield. Pop., 787. Houses, 149. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patrons, W. Brook, Esq., and the Vicar of Almondbury. The church was built in 1859; is in the pointed style; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Almondbury AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Helme

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