Copley, West Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°41′53″N 1°52′16″W / 53.698°N 1.871°W / 53.698; -1.871

Copley
Copley from Greetland
Copley  Copley shown within West Yorkshire
Population	1,541
OS grid reference	SE0822
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX3
Dialling code	01422
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Halifax
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Copley is a village in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax and east of Sowerby Bridge, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. It is known locally for the odour from the sewage works.

History

It is the site of a community predating Sir Titus Salt's Saltaire near Bradford. Beginning in 1849, Colonel Edward Akroyd, a woollen mill owner, built a mill with decent houses for the workforce, as well as a canteen, a school, a library and a church.

It was served by Copley railway station from 1856 to 1931.

Religion

St. Stephen's Church was built on Copley Lane, but just over the river in Greetland, as the rector of Halifax did not want it built in his parish.^[1] It was designed by local architect W. H. Crossland in a French inspired Gothic style.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Colonel Edward Akroyd". 2003. http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/sources/themes/edwardakroyd.html. Retrieved 17 May 2009. 
2. ^ "The Churches Conservation Trust, St Stephen, Copley.". http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/content.php?nID=11&churchID=74. Retrieved 17 May 2009. 

External links

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