All Souls Church

All Souls Church, Haley Hill was commissioned and paid for by the local industrialist Edward Akroyd (1810 to 1887) in 1856. The foundation stone was laid on 25 April that year. Akroyd appointed Sir George Gilbert Scott as architect, and the church was completed in 1859. Scott considered it to be his finest church. It is a Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is open to visitors at limited times, particularly Heritage weekends, and has a small local Support Group. 

Akroyd intended it as an important part of the nearby model village of Akroydon which he created to provide improved living conditions for the workers in his mills.

The church is constructed in stone, with slate roofs. The dressings are in magnesian limestone. Its plan is cruciform and its architectural style is of the 13th–14th century. 

For further information please visit the Calderdale website https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/search/controlservlet?PageId=Detail&DocId=100132