Mankinholes
53°42′25″N 2°04′01″W / 53.707°N 2.067°W
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Methodist Church
Mankinholes is a
North-country term for a mountain or large hill). The hill is surmounted by a 19th-century obelisk, 120 feet (37 m) high, also known as "Stoodley Pike", commemorating the end of the Crimean War
.
The name "Mankin" is believed to have
OED recording its first meaning as "fierce wild man". The surname Mankin is found in parish records of the township of Langfield and the parish of Halifax. One theory is that the name derives from an area of caverns, inhabited by mankins. A second theory is that the name means "Mancan's Hollow", Mancan being an Irish surname. This would indicate an Irish-Viking settlement.[1]
Mankinholes was an early centre of
Methodist Church closed on 1 July 1979, when the congregation joined with that of Lumbutts Methodist Church, situated midway between the villages of Mankinholes and Lumbutts
. The Mankinholes Sunday School building still stands and is now a private house, surrounded by a large graveyard.
References
- ^ Lumbutts & Mankinholes Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Calderdale Borough Council, April 2008
Other sources
- Mitchell, E., History of Mankinholes, 1909
- Wilkinson, R., Methodism in Mankinholes, 1964
- Wilkinson, R., Unto the Hills, 1987
External links
Media related to Mankinholes at Wikimedia Commons
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