The Churches of Britain and Ireland
Skipton, North Yorkshire
Of available O.S. maps, only the 25" map of 1909 shows a Ch. on Belmont Street at SD 9868 5155. This was Belmont Baptist Chapel, a tin tabernacle, unusually with a small spire. A photo can be seen here. It's mentioned here as dating from the 1890's. The housing built on its site was seen by Streetview in 2024. Champions Church on Carleton Road, as seen by Streetview in 2024. SD 9875 5099. Link. A map of 1909 shows a un-named Chapel on Castle Street at SD 9899 5144. On a map of 1946 it's shown as S.A. Hall, i.e. Salvation Army. It has been demolished and housing built on the site. © David Regan (2025). A Streetview from 2024 provides a closer view. The former Chapel of the Knight's Hospitallers on Coach Street. Plaque. A grammar school from 1548, it seems to be the same building as shown on a map of 1909 as Mission Room. SD 9942 5166. Both © David Regan (2025). Grade II listed. Christ Church on Keighley Road and Cross Street. SD 9883 5134. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Chris Stafford (2013). An old postcard view (card franked 1910), from Steve Bulman's Collection. Link. Grade II* listed. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2024 Streetview) on Otley Street and Court Lane. As of 2025, Streetview is marking this as "permanently closed". SD 9913 5171. Friends Meeting House on The Ginnel, off Newmarket Street. SD 9912 5154. © David Regan (2025). Link. Grade II listed. Holy Trinity on High Street. SD 9904 5192. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Tom Halstead, and another, © Stuart Mackrell. Interior view, © John Balaam (2016). Link. Grade I listed. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Carleton Street, as seen by Streetview in 2024. SD 9875 5138. A former Mission Church on Bridge Street, now in commercial use. It pre-dates a map of 1909 and had gone out of use by the mid-20th century. SD 9877 5170. © David Regan (2025). The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (grade II listed) on Bridge Street. SD 9879 5171. © David Regan (2025). Link dates it to 1835, replaced by a now-demolished chapel on Gargrave Road, built in 1878-9. A photo of it can be seen here, where its demolition is dated to the 1970's. Housing now stands on its site. SD 9870 5176. © David Regan (2025). Link. The one-time Cemetery on Raikes Road is shown to have had a Mortuary Chapel on a map of 1909, at which time cemetery and chapel were already disused. An earlier map (1854) labels the cemetery as The High Burial Ground. The chapel hasn't survived. In a 2024 Streetview it would have stood just a little way beyond the gate, probably to the right of the path. SD 9879 5205. The former St. Andrew (U.R.C. and Methodist) on Newmarket Street is shown on older maps as Congregational. In the photo the chapel is on the left; the building at right was the church hall. As of 2025 Google Streetview is labelling it as "permanently closed" - see also the Trinity Methodist Church entry below. Its grade II listing dates it to 1914-16. © David Regan (2025). It had two predecessors on the same site. Its immediate predecessor is dated here to the mid-19th century. There is also an illustration of its predecessor. Another old photo shows a memorial stone laying, but whether for the second or third chapel is unclear. Can any costume expert suggest a date for the photo? St. Stephen (R.C.) on Castle View Terrace. SD 9874 5194. © David Regan (2025). Link. Grade II listed - dates it to 1836, "possibly by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin". Skipton Castle has a former Chapel, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. Interior view and font. SD 9904 5198. All © David Regan (2025). Grade I listed. Described here (where there is an old photo) as a Tin Mission Church, this tin tabernacle stood on Broughton Road, at its junction with Thornton Street, at SD 9784 5131. It seems to be the same building as is shown as School on a map of 1909, and it's labelled as Meth. Church on a map of 1939. The building on the site today (is it the same building, altered, or a replacement?) serves as a community centre, and was seen by Streetview in 2024. Trinity Methodist Church on a site between Westmoreland Street and Duckett Street. SD 9913 5119. © Rob Brettle. In 2023 it became known as Trinity St. Andrew's, following the merger of Trinity Methodist, St. Andrew's Methodist, and the U.R.C. Link. Waltonwrays Cemetery on Carleton Road has two mortuary chapels, originally Anglican (SD 9832 5057) and Non-conformist (SD 9832 5049). The latter was converted into a crematorium, and the former into its waiting room. The Anglican chapel has a dated keystone in its interior, for 1876. All © Richard Roberts (2017). The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Water Street is dated 1864. SD 9888 5186. © David Regan (2025). Grade II listed. An earlier Wesleyan Chapel is shown on a map of 1854 at SD 9895 5203, on Chapel Hill. Seen here by Streetview in 2024, its grade II listing dates it to the early 19th century. An old photo can be seen here, where it's dated to 1811-12, replacing an earlier chapel on the same site, of 1785.
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11 March 2025
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