Wakefield, West Yorkshire

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Churches in Belle Vue, Eastmoor, Kettlethorpe, Sandal or Sandal Magna, Thornes, Wrenthorpe.

All Saints Cathedral, originally the parish church. SE 332 208. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. The church is 14th century, with a 15th century spire. Extensive repairs were carried out in Victorian times by G. G. Scott. It was elevated to cathedral status in 1888. © Stan Walker. Another view, © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and another, © Bill Henderson (2011). This postcard is © Chris Cole (whose company publishes the postcard). Interior view, and the altar, both © Mike Forbester. Link.

Baptist Church on Belle Isle Avenue. Another view. SE 3383 1965. Both © David Regan (2011). Link.

Chantry Chapel of St. Mary - one of the few bridge chapels to have survived. SE 3382 2014. © Bill Henderson. Two further views - 1, 2, and and the blue plaque, giving some history, all © Bill Henderson (2012). Another view, the interior and the font, all © David Regan (2021). Another interior view, © Mike Forbester. Link. Grade I listed.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Denby Dale Road. © David Regan (2011).

The former Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel. © David Regan (2012).

English Martyrs (R.C.). © Bill Henderson.

Friends' Meeting House. © David Regan (2011).

Ghausia Masjid Institute on Duke of York Street, obviously a former chapel. None of the available O.S. maps label it more closely than Chap. or Chapel. My thanks to Howard Richter who has advised of sources (here and here) which say it was Church of Christ, and dates its opening to 1897. SE 3361 2136. © David Regan (2013). A 2023 Streetview provides another view. Link. Wikipedia on Churches of Christ.

The former Grove Road Methodist Church has been converted into flats. © David Regan (2011).

Methodist Church at West Wakefield. This has recently been closed down and sold, being replaced by this church. Both © Bill Henderson.

New Life Christian Centre on George Street. SE 332 205. © David Regan (2011). Link.

St. Andrew and St.Mary with St. Swithun. SE 338 208. © Bill Henderson (2012).

St. Austin (R.C.). © Bill Henderson. Interior view, © Mike Forbester.

The former St. Faith at the Stanley Royd Hospital. Another view. SE 338 215. Both © David Regan (2011). Another view, © Bill Henderson (2012). Link1. Link2.

St. George at Lupset. © David Regan (2011). Link.

St. James at Chapelthorpe. © Bill Henderson.

St. James at Thornes. © Bill Henderson. Although previously listed as a possible former church (on Denby Dale Road), Janet Gimber has advised that this was the Parochial Church Hall for St. James. Up for sale in 2008, it is now (2011) in use as a funeral parlour. © James Murray.

St. John the Baptist, on St. John's Square. SE 3275 2144. © Bill Henderson. Two more views - 1, 2, four of the interior - 1, 2, 3, 4, and the font, all © David Regan (2024). Link. Grade II listed - dates it to 1791-5, with later alterations.

St. Michael the Archangel, at Westgate Common. © Bill Henderson. Another view. SE 324 204. © Mehmood Naqshbandi.

St. Paul at Alverthorpe. © Bill Henderson.

The site of the demolished St. Peter and St. Paul (R.C.) on Portobello Road, as seen by Streetview in 2022. SE 3384 1943. It was presumably replaced by the current St. Peter and St. Paul (2022 Streetview) on St. George's Walk. SE 3321 1695. Link.

Salvation Army Hall on Vicarage Street. SE 334 209. © Bill Henderson (2012).

Trinity Methodist Church on Norton Road. Another view. Both © David Regan (2011). Link.

United Free Methodist Church on Market Street. © David Regan (2012).

U.R.C. at Flanshaw. © Bill Henderson.

Wakefield Cemetery Chapel, now presumably demolished, is shown on an external website, with dates of 1900-1980.

Wakefield Prison Chapel (1845-1979), when it was destroyed by a fire). The photo link is to an external website.

Wakefield Spiritualist National Church on Peterson Road. SE 337 207. © Bill Henderson (2012).

The former Wesleyan Chapel (1827, now flats) on Lawefield Lane. SE 324 204. © Bill Henderson (2013).

Westgate Unitarian Chapel (1752). Another view. SE 328 208. Both © Bill Henderson (2011). Grade II* listed - link.

The former Westgate Wesleyan Chapel. The date-stone is a little unclear - 1821 or perhaps 1827. © David Regan (2012).

The former Zion Congregational Church on George Street, now flats. Another view. Both © David Regan (2011).

Belle Vue
Madina Masjid on St. Catherine's Street, at SE 3450 1927, as seen by Streetview in 2021. An earlier Streetview of 2012 shows that it hadn't been built by then. Link.
Masjid Zakariya (2024 Streetview) on Agbrigg Street and St. Catherine Street. Another 2024 Streetview. It was converted from existing terraced housing by 2009. SE 3458 1910. Link.
A former Mission Hall (2012 Streetview - at that time a Light and Life Church) stands on Clarion Street. It's now in secular use - 2023 Streetview. SE 3433 1967.
Of the double Mortuary Chapel in the cemetery on Sugar Lane, only a tower remains. Old large-scale maps show there to have been a CoE chapel (west of the central tower), with a Nonconformist chapel to the east. SE 3418 1939. © David Regan (2011).
Old maps show a Primitive Methodist Chapel standing at the angle between Doncaster Road and Dunbar Street, at SE 3463 1946. Pre-dating a map of 1907 it became Doncaster Road Methodist Church after 1932, and was still active at least up to 1957. In a Streetview from 2023 a block of flats (at left) stands on its site, another block to its right marks the site of its Sunday School.
St. Catherine (1995) on Doncaster Road. © Bill Henderson. This replaced an earlier church of 1871 on the same site. It was destroyed by a fire in 1993. What little remains of it can be seen in a Streetview from 2024 (does more survive inside the new church?). This one shows the front of the old church. SE 3444 1949. Link.
A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, used to stand on an end site bounded by Wesley Street, Back Wesley Street and Oxford Street, at SE 3429 1941. It was replaced by the housing seen on a Streetview from 2023.

Eastmoor
Free Evangelical Church. SE 314 215. © Bill Henderson.
The congregation of St. Swithun now meet in St. Swithun's Community Centre. There's a photo of the church of St. Swithun, which is still occasionally used for services, on the link at the end of this entry. © David Regan (2013). Link.

Kettlethorpe
St. Peter and St. Paul (R.C.). © Bill Henderson. Link.

Sandal or Sandal Magna
St. Helen on Barnsley Road is of Norman foundation, and was re-built in 1872. SE 3435 1822. © Bill Henderson (2012). Another view, © Richard Roberts (2014), and another, © David Regan (2021). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Sandal Methodist Church on Barnsley Road was originally Wesleyan. SE 3406 1893. © David Regan (2011). Link.

Thornes
The site of the demolished Christ Church, which stood at the corner of Church Street and Mark Street. It's dated here (where there are several photos) to 1870-1958. SE 3343 1982. © David Regan (2021). Another old photo here.
The former United Methodist Chapel on Thornes Lane is now in use as a garage. This source, which calls it Bethel, dates it to "about 1863 until 1952". SE 3347 1993. © David Regan (2021).

Wrenthorpe
Methodist Church. © Bill Henderson. This was previously described as being up for sale. Linda Lister, a member of the congregation has advised that this isn't the case, and that they are in the throes of altering the church to improve disabled access, and are building a new porch.
St. Anne. © Bill Henderson.