We have a collection of photographs from a variety of sources including Historic England Archive and John Illingworth a local collector of old postcards.
There are also copies of 2 paintings, one by well known local artist, Peter Brooke and the other by a local amateur, Peter Rigby.
The attached files contain a variety of documents relating to the churchyard including photos of memorials rescued from the walls of the church. These include Ann Walker's plaque and an article on the ownership of the pews which gives an insight into the wealthy of our area in the 19th century. There is also an article on the sale of land in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe during the period 1867 to 1890.
Ian Philp gave a talk to the Lightcliffe & District Local History Society in November 2018. The first part focused on the old church itself and is attached as St Matthew's Old Church. The second half of his talk was about some of the people associated with the church and further information is available on our People of Interest page.
 old church photos2.pdf | 1548 kB |
| paintings, archive.pdf | 333 kB |
| In the old church | 807 kB |
| drought drone missing graves.pdf | 342 kB |
| St Matthew's Old Churchv3.pdf | 277 kB |
| Ann Walker memorial.pdf | 1209 kB |
| The ownership of pews.pdf | 1214 kB |
| Hipperholme and Lightcliffe land sales.pdf | 1037 kB |
| Press cuttings from church events over time.pdf | 2855 kB |
