Helme, West Yorkshire

Helme is a village in the civil parish of Meltham, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is near the town of Meltham and Blackmoorfoot Reservoir. Helme, constituted in 1858, was part of Almondbury parish in the 19th century.^[1]

Helme
Christ Church
Helme Location within West Yorkshire
Civil parish	Meltham
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.6041°N 1.8503°W / 53.6041; -1.8503

Amenities

The local primary school is Helme Church of England Academy.^[2] Christ Church on Slades Lane, designed by James Pigott Pritchett and consecrated in November 1859, is a Grade II listed building.^[3][4]

Nearby Helme Hall, built in the late 19th century, is now a nursing and residential home for the elderly.^[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Meltham

References

1. Helme. In: John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72. See also "Helme West Riding". A sision of Britain in time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth.
2. "Helme Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School". School Guide. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
3. "Christ Church, Helme". Huddersfield Exposed. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
4. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1300326)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
5. "Helme Hall, Helme Lane, Helme". Huddersfield Exposed. Retrieved 18 March 2018.