- [Next] [Back] [All Plaques] The distinguished writer G K Chesterton based his famous Father Brown detective books on his friend Father John O'Connor, parish priest at the Holy Spirit from 1905-1922 - and it was Father O'Connor who received the author into the Roman Catholic Church there. Where: Holy Spirit Church, Bath Road, Heckmondwike Spen Fame Trail Guide: Heckmondwike Post Office, Old Hall pub and Rates office on Oldfield Lane[Top] [Next] [Back] [All Plaques] [Spen Home]