Editing Oxenhope (section)

== Religious sites ==
There are two Methodist churches in Oxenhope; one in the village and one in Marsh hamlet north-west of Oxenhope. Both of these churches are in the Airedale Methodist Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|title = Welcome to the Airedale Circuit {{!}} Airedale Circuit|url = http://www.airedalemethodists.org/|website = www.airedalemethodists.org|access-date = 22 October 2015}}</ref> There used to be a Baptist church on Moorside Lane (Hawksbridge Baptist Church) but its congregation dwindled and in 2012 it was put up for sale. The buildings were sold and were featured on [[Channel 4|Channel 4's]] ''[[The Restoration Man]]'' TV show in early 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title = Oxenhope's former Hawksbridge Baptist Chapel to feature in Restoration Man TV show|url = http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/news_keighley/13379324.Oxenhope_s_former_Hawksbridge_Baptist_Chapel_to_feature_in_Restoration_Man_TV_show/|website = Keighley News|access-date = 22 October 2015}}</ref>

The [[Church of England]] 19th-century parish church of St Mary the Virgin is on Hebden Bridge Road and has some interesting glass by the [[William Morris]] company. The church was founded by the Rev. Joseph Brett Grant at the behest of [[Patrick Brontë]]. Grant worked to fund the building of the church and a National School;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Christine |last2=Smith |first2=Margaret |title=The Oxford Companion to the Brontës: Anniversary edition |date=12 April 2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-255171-9 |page=419 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wHpVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT419 |language=en}}</ref> [[Charlotte Brontë]] records that he wore out 80 pairs of shoes in his quest to do so. The foundation stones of the church were laid down in 1849.<ref>{{cite web|title = Oxenhope, West Yorkshire – St. Mary the Virgin – History|url = http://www.thesunflowertrust.org.uk/OxenhopeVillage/stmarys/smtv-history.htm|website = www.thesunflowertrust.org.uk|access-date = 22 October 2015}}</ref>