St Lucius' is a small church that offers a warm welcome and is renowned for its hospitality. It has been serving the farming community of Farnley Tyas since 1840 and our 11am Sunday services are well supported by villagers.
A new toilet extension and kitchen in 2021 enabled the development of a larger social area for use by church, our local Church of England school, Farnley Tyas First School, and other community groups.
A community Café, popular with parents of children at Farnley Tyas First School, is open each Tuesday morning and events in church range from concerts and bridge lunches to film shows and a craft fair.
This light, airy building is handsomely furnished with limed oak and equipped with a recently-renovated pipe organ. There is great local affection for St Lucius', which is much sought-after for weddings.
A new toilet extension and kitchen in 2021 enabled the development of a larger social area for use by church, our local Church of England school, Farnley Tyas First School, and other community groups.
A community Café, popular with parents of children at Farnley Tyas First School, is open each Tuesday morning and events in church range from concerts and bridge lunches to film shows and a craft fair.
This light, airy building is handsomely furnished with limed oak and equipped with a recently-renovated pipe organ. There is great local affection for St Lucius', which is much sought-after for weddings.
OUR COMMUNITY CAFE
We run a Community Cafe each Tuesday morning, to which everyone is welcome. It opens at 9am and coffee and tea, with a variety of delicious homemade cakes or biscuits, are served until noon.
Volunteer servers come from the village Community Group, school, Women's Institute and our congregation. Please drop us a line if you would like to help.
If you're at a loose end and would like to meet friends old and new, do come along.
Farnley Tyas is home to some excellent bakers and you never know what treasures await! There's no charge, but donations are welcome.
Volunteer servers come from the village Community Group, school, Women's Institute and our congregation. Please drop us a line if you would like to help.
If you're at a loose end and would like to meet friends old and new, do come along.
Farnley Tyas is home to some excellent bakers and you never know what treasures await! There's no charge, but donations are welcome.
SNAPSHOT OF OUR ACTIVITIES
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The Churchyard has been transformed over the past two years by the strenuous efforts of the Eco Working Group. Walls have been rebuilt, weeds uprooted, trees trimmed, graves tended, plants planted. Top right is the headstone of the grave of George Sawyer, which was carved by his father Philip.
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Service of Lessons and Carols 2023 with the Farnley Singers
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Scenes from the Christingle Service at St Lucius' in December 2023.
A scene from our popular Autumn Craft Fair.
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Easter Day flowers.
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The Farnley Singers, directed by Jim Cowell, rehearse for the 2022 Service of Lessons and Carols.
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Swing Band music from the Manhattan Sound
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A concert for cello and piano by Charlotte and Ruth
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In the mood: David and Jane dance to the band.
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My hat: Members of Farnley Tyas WI show off their headwear.
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Halle Orchestra trumpeter Tom Osborne who gave a concert with Gordon Stewart
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Gordon and Tom take a rehearsal break
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Pupils from Farnley Tyas Church of England First School sang Christmas carols and songs at our Tuesday Community Cafe.
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Ready, aim fire. Cath and Lindsay takes charge of extinguishers as part of a fire safety demonstration.
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Jim Cowell conducts the Farnley Singers in our 2022 Service of Lessons and Carols. Then choir and congregation gather for coffee
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2020 - 2021
Job well done. The handsome exterior of our new extension.
Cutting the ground on the first day of work, with Cath and Monica.
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The old kitchen and toilet.
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Much dust was created, hence the protective sheeting.
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Meanwhile, the toilet extension took shape.
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Joiners work on the new, larger kitchen
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Our new kitchen with a trio of helpers.
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Plans for the development scheme © One 17 Architects and Interior Designers.
More than 40 years of illegal marriages at Farnley Tyas
Forty years of illegal church weddings? It would be a modern tabloid scandal, but this happened some time ago...
Canon C A Hulbert, Vicar of Almondbury from 1867 to 1888, believed that St Lucius' Church had 'the Bishop's Licence for Marriages within the township'.
But there had been some irregularity in the arrangement, for when Canon W Foxley Norris succeeded Canon Hulbert in 1888, he discovered to his horror that St Lucius' had not been properly licensed.
Consequently, all the marriages solemnized there since 1841 were illegal – including that of the Vicar of St Lucius' – and the children born of such unions, illegitimate.
Canon Foxley Norris confided his discovery to Sir John Arthur Brooke, MA, JP of Fenay Hall, and between them they obtained an
Act of Parliament whereby all the marriages were legalized and the children duly made legitimate.
The first entry in the Register of Marriages at Farnley Tyas is for February 4, 1841, the year after the church was consecrated. It records the marriage of bachelor John Schofield, a carpenter, to widow Amelia Hampshire, both described as being of 'full age'.
Also detailed is the 1862 marriage of the Rev Cutfield Wardroper, then vicar of Farnley Tyas, to Anna Warmoll Butcher. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Ripon and witnesses included Canon Hulbert.
Wardroper ministered at St Lucius' for 51 years, riding to services on a white horse from his home at Woodsome Hall. In his retirement, aged 86, he married his fourth wife, 45 years his junior.
The picture records the marriage of Wardroper, who had officiated at the wedding ten months earlier of Sarah Roberts and James Mellor.
Canon C A Hulbert, Vicar of Almondbury from 1867 to 1888, believed that St Lucius' Church had 'the Bishop's Licence for Marriages within the township'.
But there had been some irregularity in the arrangement, for when Canon W Foxley Norris succeeded Canon Hulbert in 1888, he discovered to his horror that St Lucius' had not been properly licensed.
Consequently, all the marriages solemnized there since 1841 were illegal – including that of the Vicar of St Lucius' – and the children born of such unions, illegitimate.
Canon Foxley Norris confided his discovery to Sir John Arthur Brooke, MA, JP of Fenay Hall, and between them they obtained an
Act of Parliament whereby all the marriages were legalized and the children duly made legitimate.
The first entry in the Register of Marriages at Farnley Tyas is for February 4, 1841, the year after the church was consecrated. It records the marriage of bachelor John Schofield, a carpenter, to widow Amelia Hampshire, both described as being of 'full age'.
Also detailed is the 1862 marriage of the Rev Cutfield Wardroper, then vicar of Farnley Tyas, to Anna Warmoll Butcher. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Ripon and witnesses included Canon Hulbert.
Wardroper ministered at St Lucius' for 51 years, riding to services on a white horse from his home at Woodsome Hall. In his retirement, aged 86, he married his fourth wife, 45 years his junior.
The picture records the marriage of Wardroper, who had officiated at the wedding ten months earlier of Sarah Roberts and James Mellor.
The Church of St Lucius, Butts Road, Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield, HD4 6TZ, is part of the Parish of Almondbury with Farnley Tyas.
Registered charity number 1132489
Registered charity number 1132489
