The Churches of Britain and Ireland

Doncaster, South Yorkshire

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Churches in Bentley, Edlington (Old and New), Hexthorpe. Some links lead to another page.
 

Ardeen Road U.R.C. at Intake - see Hall Gate U.R.C. below.

The former Balby Road Methodist Church, built as Primitive Methodist in 1868 (date-stone). It closed in 2008. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3. SE 5675 0175. All © Howard Richter (2014).

Baptist Church (1906) on Chequer Road. Another view. To its left stands its predecessor, of circa 1890, which date is based on its 125th anniversary - see here. However, Genuki implies a date of between 1893 and 1899. SE 580 029. All © Howard Richter (2015). Link.

Cantley Methodist Church, on Highbury Avenue, Cantley. © Bill Henderson (2019). Link.

Carr House Wesley Methodist Church. © James Murray.

Christ Church (1827-9). SE 580 033. © Graeme Harvey. An illustration from an old tin, in Christopher Skottowe's Collection. Grade II* listed.

Church of God of Prophecy on Carr House Road. SE 5792 0250. © James Murray. This was originally Hyde Park Primitive Methodist Chapel. The foundation stone to the left of the doorway (visible on Streetview here) dates it to 1890, though the My Primitive Methodist Ancestors website entry says it was opened in 1872 or 1880. It continued as Hyde Park Methodist Church until sometime after 1970, when it is so labelled on a map, and 1982, when it's marked as Church (Noncon) - so no longer Methodist.

Hall Gate U.R.C. (1804, enlarged and altered in 1874) on Hall Gate. SE 5782 0323. © Graeme Harvey. Grade II listed. A 2020 news item discussed its upcoming closure, and a 2022 Streetview shows it up for sale. An estate agency notice includes interior views, and the website for Ardeen Road U.R.C. shows that the Hall Gate congregation merged with Ardeen Road in 2021. The Ardeen Road church at Intake (which post-dates a map of 1937) can be seen in a Streetview from 2011, and post-merger in 2022.

The former Nether Hall Methodist Church, now flats. © James Murray.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Mary Magdalene (R.C.). © Graeme Harvey. Interior view, © Mike Forbester.

Priory Methodist Church. SE 5743 0315. © Graeme Harvey. Grade II listed.

St. Aidan at Wheatley. © Graeme Harvey.

St. Andrew (Methodist). © Graeme Harvey.

St. George, inaugurated as a Minster in 2004. SE 574 036. © Bill Henderson. Another view, interior view, and the font, all © Kenneth Paver. Link1. Link2. Link3. Grade I listed, and from which we learn that it's a Sir George Gilbert Scott church of 1854-8, replacing the medieval church, which was destroyed in a fire in 1853.

St. James. SE 572 028. © Bill Henderson. Grade II listed.

St. Mary at Wheatley. SE 581 040. © Bill Henderson. Interior view, © Kenneth Paver (2011). Grade II listed.

St. Peter-in-Chains (R.C.) on Chequer Road. Interior view. Both © Mike Forbester. Link.

Spring Gardens Primitive Methodist Chapel used to stand at the corner of Spring Gardens and Cleveland Street. An old photo of it can be seen here. It's dated here to 1854-5, had gone out of use by 1961 (map evidence), and demolished at some point, and even the junction built over. Its site is now occupied by the Empire shop seen in a Streetview from 2022. SE 5742 0300.

The former Trinity Presbyterian Church (circa 1890) on Wood Street. Another view. Architect's drawings are held by Doncaster Archives. SE 5777 0313. Both © Howard Richter (2016).

Unitarian Free Church. © Graeme Harvey. Link.

Wheatley Park Baptist Church. © Graeme Harvey.
 

Edlington (Old and New)
The Methodist Church in New Edlington seems to be no longer in use for worship. It was built as Primitive Methodist in 1924. SK 5385 9900. All © Bill Henderson.
Orthodox Church of St Columba and St Kentigern on Staveley Street, New Edlington. This church had previously been St. Mary's (R.C.), and is shown as such on a 1982-3 O.S. map. See also the entry for St. Mary (below). Interior view. SK 538 993. Both © Mike Forbester. Link.
St. John the Baptist on Main Avenue, New Edlington, was built in the early C20 in response to the growing population attracted by employment in the local coal mine. SK 537 990. © Bill Henderson. Link.
St. Mary (R.C.) on Hazel Road, New Edlington was a replacement for the previous church on Staveley Street (see Orthodox Church (above). SK 536 988. © Bill Henderson. Link.
St. Peter at Old Edlington is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. SK 5325 9725. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © James Murray. Another view, and a Norman door surround, both © Kenneth Paver. Link. Grade I listed.
 

Hexthorpe
Methodist Church on Urban Road. SE 5639 0248. © Bill Henderson. Streetviews show that the church was demolished in 2011 or 2012, and replaced by The King's Cross Church (2022 Streetview), which the church website describes as affiliated with the Free Methodist Church.
St. Jude on Shady Side. SE 5660 0270. © Bill Henderson. Link.
Only the 1" O.S. map of 1952 marks a place of worship on the south side of Urban Road at SE 5645 0245. With the small scale of the map it's impossible to say with any accuracy which (if any) of the buildings there today was a church, but it will have stood within this view from the Streetview van in 2022.
Another minor mystery is posed by this old postcard showing a chapel at the corner of Chapel Street and Urban Road. The 6" map of 1904 shows it, but doesn't label it. Another photo of it can  be seen here, and although it doesn't say it explicitly, it's likely to have been Primitive Methodist, of 1869. SE 5653 0253.

 

 

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