Halifax Parish Church

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The Parish church of Halifax, England, dedicated to St John the Baptist.

Legend has it that the church was built on the site where the head of John the Baptist was buried.^{[citation needed]}

The present church building dates largely to the 15th century, though parts remain from an earlier 12th century construction. Amazingly, the most significant remaining feature of the 12th century church is the north wall of the current church, which was the south wall of the previous church. The interior of the modern church thus clearly contains the buttresses from the exterior of the previous church.

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Halifax Parish Church