The Community of the Resurrection is an Anglican monastic community and was originally founded in Oxford in 1892 by Charles Gore. In 1898, they purchased Hall Croft in Mirfield, which is what we now know as the CR House. Initially, there was less than a warm welcome to the men in cassocks but this was soon dispelled when they were seen playing football at Saville Arms. Commemoration Day held every year in July has helped to maintain this
excellent relationship between the Community and the locals.
More recently, Bishop Trevor Huddleston is well known for the work he has done in South Africa. 
This photograph shows the Community Church with its copper roof. Although the foundation stone of this building was laid by Bishop Gore in 1911, it was only just completed before the Second World War.
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