Editing Rastrick (section)

==Religious sites==
[[File:Church of St John the Divine, Rastrick - geograph.org.uk - 56395.jpg|thumb|St John the Divine, built 1913]]
There are two [[Anglican]] churches in the village. [[St Matthew's Church, Rastrick|St Matthew's Church]], which is used jointly by the Anglicans and the [[Methodist]]s and is situated on Church Street. Across the road from this Church is Rastrick Parish Centre, the church hall for St Matthew's Church. The Church of St John the Divine is located off Gooder Lane close to Brighouse railway station and was designed by [[Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet|Nicholson and Corlette]] in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohnsrastrick.org.uk/history|title=History > St. John the Divine, Rastrick|website=www.stjohnsrastrick.org.uk|access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19130407/153/0008 ''Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer'', Monday 7 April 1913 p.8 col.6: "New church at Rastrick"]</ref> Both St Matthew's and St John's share the same [[Church of England]] vicar.

The non-denominational New Road Family Church is located on New Hey Road and operated as a church from 1837 until 2021. It began as a [[Sunday school]], and continued to accommodate a school until 1912. In 1872 a [[Hope UK|Band of Hope Society]] was formed, and operated intermittently until the 1980s. During the [[Second World War]] the church housed a [[British Restaurant]]. Declining congregations in the 21st century, saw the church close in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/historic-school-that-served-as-british-restaurant-during-ww2-to-be-sold-off-3414547|first=Grace|last=Newton|title=Historic Yorkshire school that served as a British Restaurant during World War Two to be closed and sold off for the first time since Queen Victoria's reign|publisher=[[Yorkshire Post]]|date=11 October 2021|access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref> A book entitled [https://myrastrick.com/new-road-sunday-school/ The History of New Road Sunday School] was written in 2012 by local historian Andrew Eccles and covers the entire history from 1837-2012.

Upper Edge [[Baptists|Baptist Church]] is located on Dewsbury Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uebc.org.uk|title=Welcome to our church|publisher=Upper Edge Baptist Church|access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref> The church traces its history to "Rossendale Church", which consisted of many Independent congregations located across the [[Rossendale Valley]]. Individual congregations became separate churches by about 1720. In 1837 a non-sectarian [[Sunday School]] was founded at Elland Edge, and the first school was built in 1841. The Upper Edge Church as founded on 19 October 1863.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uebc.org.uk/Groups/335879/Pre_1863_roots.aspx | title=Upper Edge Baptist Church : Pre 1863 roots }}</ref>