Born in Manningham, a suburb of Bradford in West Yorkshire, Priestley was a frequent visitor to Hubberholme which he described as the "smallest, pleasantest place in the world".

[b][c][d][9] A pane in one of the stained glass windows celebrates George Andrew Hobson, a late Victorian civil engineer who lived in the village.

[11] St Michael and All Angels’ is built of limestone rubble under a lead roof and comprises a nave, chancel, aisles, a southern porch and a western tower.

[1] The interior is notable for its painted rood screen which dates from 1558 and survived Elizabethan attempts to remove such structures.

[1] The church also has furnishings, including the pews, choir stalls and chairs, by Robert "Mouseman" Thompson, a 20th-century furniture maker, which are decorated with his Mouse motif.