The council had proposed to rename it in tribute to long-serving councillor Dorothy Higginbottom, who died aged 81 in 2022, the Local Democracy Service (LDRS) reports.
However, residents argued that the building’s original name as the Miners’ Welfare Hall held “significant historical and emotional value”.
They instead suggested naming a garden after Mrs Higginbottom, who was given an MBE for her public and voluntary service.
However, Dorothy Coates, who is Dorothy Higginbottom’s daughter and chair of the parish council, told the LDRS that the hall’s name was changed with the Post Office without the authority’s knowledge.
The council was “as shocked as everyone else”, she added.
“At the parish council meeting on 22 May, all parish council members conducted our meeting without any knowledge that the listing of the Miners’ Welfare Hall on the Post Office website had been changed,” she said.
“Of course, this would upset people. This includes the parish council who were clearly entitled to this information and have been as shocked as everyone else by the revelation.”
Ms Coates added that the Post Office listing was “not set in stone”.
