Rev. Abraham Woodhead of Netherthong was the next to hold the living but only for three years. He resigned in 1701 but was alive three years later when his wife Elizabeth was buried at Deanhead.
Rev. William Sunderland succeeded him on December 2nd 1701 to be followed by Rev. John Sutcliffe on
September 24th 1720. Rev. Edward Moorehouse, SA., was ordained Deacon on April 4th 1722 but it was six years later on July 12th 1728 before he was licensed to preach. He died on September 23rd 1746. That same year Rev. Thomas Falcon was presented to the ministry by Vicar Danby and remained there for 45 years. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Baron of Firth House and lived at White Lee.
 
Mr John Woodhead of Hullen Edge, Elland, who owned a lot of land in the Deanhead area, and other people of importance who lived there, made an order that dues for churchings and burials which up to that time had been paid to the vicar of Huddersfield should from then on be paid to the officiating curate and clerk of Deanhead Chapel as of more lawful right, with a note that the clerk's proportion should be one third.

It was Mr Woodhead, described as a "Gentleman of Deanhead", who donated a challis and paten to the church. It is now being used on special occasions and is a most beautiful silver object with engraving documenting the gift in 1732.
In 1748 six weddings were solemnized by licence but on October 22nd 1752 an insert in the register states that:

"whilst the marriage act continues in force, in all probability there will never be any more weddings celebrated in the chapel at Deanhead, so I will bid farewell to them."

What happened to cause this decision, the writer has not been able to find out. However, many weddings
have taken place since then. There were no burials at Deanhead from March 23rd 1781 to September 17th 1782. In October 1791, Rev Falcon was buried in the middle aisle of the first chapel, this is now under the flags in front of the present church.

In 1792, Rev. John Ramsden LLB, vicar of Huddersfield, resigned in favour of his curate, Mr Coates. One of the first things Mr Coates did was to offer Rev, Ramsden the curacy of Deanhead. It seems strange that he preferred to live, not at Deanhead, near his church, but at Triangle, down the Ryburn valley!! He preached "when called upon" and for years afterwards he was remembered for the fact that he wore clogs when he walked to church.

He appointed an assistant curate in 1792, Rev. Wiliiam Horton, at a stipend of £30 per year. Shortly afterwards he appointed another assistant, Rev Thomas Falcon BA of Sidney Sussex College, at a salary of £35 per year. He was the son of the former Rev Thomas Falcon. Later the Archbishop raised Mr Falcon's salary to 50 guineas per year.

When Mr Ramsden resigned in 1807, his assistant Rev. Falcon looked forward to filling the post. But to his great disappointment Rev Ralph Younger was appointed. Mr Younger had for several years been a teacher at Goat House, Rishworth. Later when a school was built there (the building which is now Rishworth School Chapel) he became the first Headmaster. The parishioners at Deanhead were equally disappointed and showed it in no mean terms. Several times they threw stones at their new curate as he trudged his way over steep moorland tracks. But as future events show, he eventually won their confidence and respect.
Shortly after his arrival, the church fabric began to show strain of nearly 200 years of Pennine weather and the church was condemned. Mr Younger called his parishioners together and put a proposition to them. His suggestion was to pull down the church and build a completely new one. He got the people to make promises in writing that they would do the manual work themselves according to their skill and ability. Leading members of the community erected their own pews - Walkers, Wheelwrights, Wm Hirst of Ryefield and John Falcon, brother of the last clergyman