The foundation stone for Holy Trinity Church in Lawkholme was laid on 3rd September 1881. The church was consecrated nearly a year later on 16th August 1882.
The church was located at the junction of Lawkholme Lane with East Avenue. Originally a house was rented at 78 Lawkholme Lane and was used for worship and a Sunday School. This opened on the 15th September 1878. Two years later the Duke of Devonshire donated the site so that a church, school and vicarage could be built, and donated £1,000 towards the building costs.
The architect of the church was Joseph Booth Bailey of Keighley. The first vicar was the Reverend Frederick Warden Roberts. The Sunday School was built in 1886 and the vicarage followed in 1892.
The Lawkholme Parish covered an extensive area in a rough triangle shape running from the junction of Bow Street with North Street, northwards along North Street/Skipton Road to Beechcliffe, then across to Stockbridge and then back along Bradford Road/East Parade to the centre of the town.
The church finally closed in 1972 and was demolished soon after. The site is now occupied by industrial units on the Lawkholme Lane Industrial Estate.
The main photograph shows the interior of the church circa 1950. The large inset photograph shows the exterior of the church in 1895. The small inset photograph shows the interior of the church once demolition had started in 1972. All images from the History Society archive on Flickr.
