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Super new You Tube photos of the church as never seen before from a friendly drone.  A click on the link should take you there.            https://youtu.be/Itu_BCZja2I   10.11.2016

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Take a guess at the year  - About 1950

donated to church May 2013

Lord Savile visits Thornhill August 2012 to see the conservation work carried out so far.

Lord and Lady Savile with the Rector

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Photos of prints by Malcolm Jones of items in church 2012 and Jonathan Cooke's Drawings for the new East window in the Savile Chapel + 1634 Map of Thornhill
 
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Photoshoot by Melvyn Foxton May 2012
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Image by C&D Photographer Thornhill December 27122014

Tower Restoration works 2011

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Click here to see 2

Click here to see 3

Monument to Sir John Savile d 1491  & Lady Anne

 view detailed photographs here   

 

Charlesworth  Guide to the church of St Michael Photos by WE Gundill/ A Lyles 1940'

 

 Thornhill Memories by Brenda Pearson
4 photographs

Edge Road School

Edge Lane

 

Parochial Hall   

 

Church Choir

 

 

              Thornhill Old Rectory

                       

  

Thornhill Parish Church November 2006

 

             

Runic Stones in Savile Chapel

                                             

    

Thornhill Parish Church 2007 

 

Angel doors

   

Thornhill Parish Church Tower  - collage

Installation of Bells 1980  - Click here to listen to the bells 

                                    

    

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                      

Jesse Window    

                                                              

Old Organ  Walker organ 1880

 

 

War memorial

 

Thornhill CE School Roll of Honour 1914-1918 War

Thornhill Parish Church in winter     Melvin Foxton(C)        

 

 

Savile Chapel prior to 1877

 

    

Church prior to Restoration 1877    

1899 by Stead note chandeliers

INterior 1899 probably by Stead

 

 

 

      Canon Hayman with Choir 1939?

  

 Canon Hayman with men 1939? 

 

   

                                   Thornhill Colliery

 

Church 1920's ?

 

Thornhill Parish Church AFC 1923-4
Back row Lto R Cleveland..  Scragill,A Dransfield, Senior, R Rhodes, Spencer, A Fisher,GH Hincliffe WH Scargill
Fron Row  ? ? ? ? Curate Brown Pope, Speight, C. Peace, D Scargill, G Pickles or H Jevons, C Wiper

 

    Organ Binns 1981 

 

Binns Organ console 1981

 

War Grave 1       War Grave 2          R E  Blakeley

 C. Summerscales DFC

                                                                                                                                                                                       

 There are more photographs on the Kirklees Image web site-  http://www.kirkleesimages.org.uk

Lindsay Dew's Final day. collage