Halifax Minster

Halifax Minster
Minster and Parish Church of St John the Baptist
53°43′24″N 1°51′13″W / 53.72320°N 1.85371°W / 53.72320; -1.85371
OS grid reference	SE 0975 2521
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
Website	www.halifaxminster.org.uk
History
Status	Active
Dedication	St John the Baptist
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed building[1]
Architectural type	Perpendicular Gothic
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Leeds
Episcopal area	Huddersfield
Archdeaconry	Halifax
Deanery	Halifax
Parish	Halifax
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Canon Hilary Barber
Curate(s)	Sam Crook
Laity
Organist(s)	Graham Gribbin
Organ scholar	Robbie Lumb
Churchwarden(s)	Mick Walker Sheila Stoppard
Flower guild	Margaret Stears
Parish administrator	Annie Bolton
Servers' guild	Sheila Stoppard

Halifax Minster is the minster church of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The parish church of the town, it was granted minster status in 2009. Halifax Minster is one of three churches in the county of West Yorkshire to be given this honorific title; the other two are Dewsbury Minster and Leeds Minster.

Halifax Minster, which stands on the site of an earlier Norman church, was built during the 15th century, although the Rokeby and Holdsworth Chapels were not completed until around 1530. The organ was built by John Snetzler in 1763 and installed in 1766. Other notable features of the church include a medieval font cover, Jacobean box pews, and the tombstone of 19th-century diarist Anne Lister.