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Aberford, St.
Ricarius. SE 4329 3715. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Methodist Church (originally Wesleyan, and now in residential use)
on Main Street. A
2012 Streetview suggests it was still active at that time. SE 4329
3702. © David Regan (2024). An old illustration can be seen
here, where it's described as "new" in 1911. It must stand on the
site of a predecessor, as a map of 1849 shows it. At the southern end of
the village is St. Wilfrid's
Priory (R.C.). Marked on older maps as Roman Catholic Chapel,
lack of a website suggests that it may now be "former". SE 4337 3651. ©
David Regan (2024).
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1788. Nearby, at Lotherton Hall, stands a 12th century Chapel of Ease.
This source calls
it St. James. © Chris Cole
(copyright holder, and postcard publisher).
Grade II* listed.
Ackworth.
Adel, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Addingham, St. Peter.
Interior view. SE 085 497. Both © Alan Blacklock. Another view, ©
Stuart Mackrell. Link. Mount Hermon Wesleyan Reform Chapel (1861). SE 078 497. © Stuart Mackrell.
Another view. © David Regan (2011). Link.
Our Lady and the English Martyrs (R.C.). © David Regan (2011).
Allerton, Bradford - see Bradford.
Allerton Bywater.
Almondbury, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Altofts, St. Mary Magdalene. SE 3800
2382. © Bill Henderson. Link.
The Methodist Church on
Church Road is dated 1929. The church is the smaller of the two
buildings - the larger is the Sunday School. It evidently had a
predecessor on the same site, as a map of 1852 shows a Wesleyan Chapel
here. SE 3716 2354. © Bill Henderson. The town also had a
Primitive Methodist Chapel, on Lock Lane,
at SE 3805 2409. It was built after the 1852 map, and before one of
1908, and was still active into the second half of the last century, but
it has been demolished and a house built on its
site (2023
Streetview). This
source dates the first Wesleyan chapel to 1833, and the P.M. to
1871. The cemetery off Church Road has or had two
Mortuary Chapels. I'm uncertain whether they have survived, as
Streetview hasn't seen them, and aerial views are obscured by trees. On
O.S. maps they show as Church of England at SE 3735 2378, and
Nonconformist at SE 3737 2379. The
cemetery entrance
as seen by Streetview in 2020 - the chapels stood to either side of the
pathway, CoE at left.
Alwoodley and Alwoodley Park, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Akroydon, Halifax - see the
Halifax page.
Armitage Bridge, St. Paul.
Another view. Both © David Regan
(2012). Link.
Armley, Leeds.
Arthington, St. Peter. © Bill
Henderson. Since Bill took his photo the church has changed
denomination, and it is now the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Mary and
St. Abanoub. Another view,
© Janet Gimber (2018).
Link.
Aspley, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Austhorpe, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Badsworth, St.
Mary. Former Wesleyan Chapel, now
a private residence. Both © Bill Henderson.
Baildon.
Bardsey, All Hallows. © Bill Henderson. Another view, and
interior, and a detail of column capitals, all © Kenneth Paver (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Barkisland, Christ Church.
Another view. This
source (a useful history with interior photos) dates it to 1852-4. SE 0542
1989. Both © David
Regan (2020). Link.
Barwick in Elmet, dedicated to All
Saints. SE 4008 3740. Methodist Church
on The Boyle and Elmwood Lane. SE 3993 3750.
Link. Both © Bill
Henderson. I've recently been advised that new gates for the churchyard, built at considerable expense, of oak,
and re-using the old metalwork, were stolen in their entirety on the night of 26-27 July 2011. Presumably these will be offered for sale elsewhere. Please let
me know if you see these for sale, and I'll pass on the information. The
predecessor of the Methodist Church was a
Chapel on Chapel Lane. It's
marked on a map of 1908 as Reading Room, but is today the Miners'
Institute. I haven't been able to discover what flavour of Methodism it was. SE
4012 3729. © Gerard Charmley (2021).
Batley.
Beeston
and Beeston Hill, Leeds.
Belle Isle, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Berry Brow, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Bingley.
Birchencliffe, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Birds Edge (or Birdsedge),
the Wesleyan Reform Church on
Birds Edge Lane. It pre-dates a map of 1892-3.
Another view. SE 2009 0773. Both
© David Regan (2021).
Link.
Birkenshaw, St. Paul. SE 2033 2827. © Bill Henderson.
Another view,
© David Regan (2020).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Methodist Church on Bradford Road. It shows on old maps as United Free
Methodist. Converted into flats, the congregation now meet in the adjacent
Sunday School of 1908, seen here
in a 2019 Streetview. SE 2023 2865. © David Regan
(2020). Link.
Another Chapel (of so far undetermined affiliation)
once stood just off Old Road (now Old Lane) at SE 2051 2853. It stood roughly
where the house is in this 2019
Streetview, and its Sunday School was in line with it, closer to the road.
At Birkenshaw Bottoms is the site of a Methodist Church on Moor Lane. Demolished
relatively recently, a photo is available on Geograph
here. Old maps mark it as
a Mission Room. Housing has been built on the site, as can be seen
here in a 2019 Streetview.
SE 2111 2772.
Birstall.
Blackley, Baptist Church (1878). The
old Baptist church (1789) is
also extant. Both © Gerard Charmley (2013). Link.
Bolster Moor, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Booth, the site of the Independent
(later Congregational) Chapel. The building at the left is the former Manse, at
right is the former Sunday School. Demolished in 1980, the church stood to the
left of the school. The earliest map I can find which shows it is of 1852-4,
where it's labelled as Ebenezer Chapel (Independent). Numerous exterior
and interior photos of the church are available
here. SE 0418
2755. © David Regan
(2021).
Boothtown, Halifax - see the
Halifax page.
Boston Spa, St. Mary the Virgin. SE
4284 4576. ©
Bill Henderson. Another view,
© Karel Kuča (2007).
Interior view,
and the altar, both © Mike Forbester.
Link.
Grade II listed. The Methodist Church
on Spa Lane is labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. Interior
view. SE 4331 4554. Both © Mike Forbester.
Another view,
© Karel Kuča (2007).
Link.
Grade II listed. The site of
a Congregational Chapel on High Street. The apartment block
which now stands on the site was built after 2009 when the chapel was seen by
Streetview. SE 4323
4550.
© David Regan (2024). A photo of 1909 can be seen
here.
A former Primitive Methodist Chapel
of 1872 stands on Church Street, at SE 4282 4564.
© David Regan (2024).
Link. A Chapel
is marked on older maps south of the town as part of St. John's Institute (Deaf
& Dumb). It's now called St. John's Catholic School for the Deaf. SE 4277
4504.
© David Regan (2024).
Boulder Clough (or
Boulderclough), the former Bethel United Methodist Church. The second church on
the site, the first was Methodist New Connexion, built in 1821-2, replaced in
1897, becoming United Methodist in 1907.
The
date stone from the first
church was retained and updated as changes were made. It was also known as "The
Ranters Chapel", and was closed in 1979, then being converted to residential
use. SE 0352 2391. Both © David Regan (2021).
Link.
Bowling, Bradford - see Bradford.
Bradford.
Bradley, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Bradshaw, St. John the Evangelist. © David Regan (2011).
Bramham, All Saints. © Bill Henderson.
Bramhope, Methodist Church. © Bill
Henderson. Puritan Chapel (1649).
SE 249 436. © Bill Henderson (2012). Grade I listed -
link.
Bramley, Leeds.
Brearley, the former Particular
Baptist Chapel. Two additional views -
1, 2. SE 0250 2591. All
© David Regan (2021). It was
successor to an earlier Chapel,
known as
Bethel Baptist Church, and Little
Faith, which still stands (converted) a short distance away on Brearley Lane
at SE 0263 2586. Little Faith is because it was designed to be easily convertible into
housing should the chapel fail. Indeed, this later became necessary when the
chapel succeeded and became too small for the congregation. It also dates
it to 1845, though this may be in doubt because it goes on to say that the
chapel was established after some congregants left Ebenezer in Hebden Bridge to
start a new chapel in Brearley in 1846. Also, the text on its
Geograph entry says that
the date-stone appears to say 1843. Unfortunately, though a photo of it can be
seen here, I can't
decide if it was 1843 or 1845. © Gerard Charmley
(2022).
Brierley, St. Paul. The
church website dates it to
1869. SE 4107 1104. © Bill Henderson.
Another view,
© David Regan (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed. The Methodist Church
on Church Street. This
source dates the congregation from 1934 when they took over an existing
building. SE 4091 1119. © Bill Henderson.
Another view - this shows the far
gable end not visible in the first photo.
© David Regan (2022).
Link.
The site (the gazebo) of a
demolished Primitive Methodist Chapel on
Cliff Lane. It's dated
here to 1852-1934.
SE 4077 1109.
© David Regan (2022). The
former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
(in the distance), off Church Street, converted to residential use. This
source dates it to 1810-1934. SE 4104 1097. © David Regan (2022).
Spiritualist Church on Church
Street. SE 4090 1115. © David Regan (2022).
Link.
Briestfield, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1825. Its closure date is not apparent, but the
National Archives refer to records from as late as 1976. SE
2292 1714. © David Regan (2020).
Brighouse.
Brockholes, St. George. © Bill Henderson.
Methodist Church. © David Regan
(2012).
Bruntcliffe - see
Morley.
Burley, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Burley-in-Wharfedale, St. Mary. St. John Fisher & Thomas More (R.C.). Both ©
Bill Henderson.
Burmantofts, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Calder Grove,
St. John. © Bill Henderson.
Carleton, St. Michael and All Angels.
SE 4677 2022. © Bill Henderson (2014). Link.
Carlton (near Leeds), former Chapel. © David Regan (2013).
Calverley, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Castleford.
Chapel Allerton, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Chapeltown, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Charlestown, the former Naze
Bottom Baptist Chapel. Dated
here to
1909-1987, it was subsequently converted to residential use. It was built as
successor to Mount Olivet Baptist Chapel, which stands higher up the valley. SE
9766 2670. © David
Regan (2021).
Chequerfield, St. Mary.
The Holy Family (R.C.).
Both © Bill Henderson.
Choppards, Mission Rooms.
Another view. Both © David Regan
(2012). Link.
Churwell, Morley - see
Morley.
Clayton West, All Saints, on Church
Lane. SE 2586 1096. ©
Bill Henderson. Another view, and the
interior, both © Gerard Charmley
(2021). Link.
Grade II listed. The U.R.C.
on Church Lane was previously Congregational. SE 2565 1090. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, © Gerard Charmley
(2021), who advises that it has recently been converted into flats.
Wakefield Road Methodist Church
was originally Primitive Methodist. According to its My Primitive Methodist
entry, it dates from 1901-2. SE 2537 1101.
© David Regan (2013).
Link.
The former Baptist Church on High
Street. The date-stone is for 1860. There must be another date-stone, as the
grade II listing mentions dates of 1840 and 1860. An
article from 2016 discusses proposed uses. SE 2593 1089. © Gerard
Charmley (2021).
Grade II listed. "The Old
Chapel" stands on Chapel Hill at SE 2557 1085. It's labelled on a map of
1893 as Mount Tabor Chapel (Wesleyan Methodist), and by 1960 as Mount Tabor
Chapel (Wesleyan Reform). It seems to have been active at least into the 1980's.
© Gerard Charmley (2021).
Cleckheaton.
Clifford, St. Edward, King and Confessor (R.C.)
on High Street and Chapel Lane. Its
grade II* listing dates it to 1845-8. SE 4303 4433. © Bill Henderson.
Interior
view, and two close-ups of nicely carved stone details - 1, 2,
all © Kenneth Paver (2014). Another
view, and some
headstones in the cemetery - the
large ones for nuns from the Convent, and the smaller ones for children who had
been in their care. Both © David Regan (2024).
Link. St. Luke.
SE 4260 4413. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, and two interiors -
1,
2, all © Mike Forbester.
Another view, two more interiors
- 1,
2, and the
font,
all © David Regan (2024).
Link.
Grade II listed. The churchyard gateway and walls are also listed, as
grade II. The Methodist Church
on Nursery Way was built as Wesleyan in 1855. The
interior. SE 4289 4437. Both
© David Regan (2024).
Link. A former
Convent (2024
Streetview) stands on Bramham Road, at SE 4266 4420. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1847, originally as a house for the head of the
adjacent school. It was in use as a convent by 1909, when it's labelled as such
on an O.S. map. It still shows as a convent on a map of 1954. Across the road
from the convent is what is described in its
grade II listing as a
Baptismal Well (2024 Streetview). SE 4270 4419. Along the road from the
convent is Nunnery House. A
blue plaque gives a little
history. SE 4270 4424. Both © David Regan (2024).
Grade II listed.
Clifton, St. John the Evangelist. SE 1612 2284.
© Bill Henderson (2014). Link.
Methodist Church, built as Methodist Free Church in 1874. SE 1610 2290. © Bill Henderson (2014).
Link.
About a mile to the south east used to stand Kirklees
Cistercian Priory. Although most of the priory buildings have gone, the
gate-house survives. Not seen by Streetview, Geograph has a
photo. SE 1743 2213.
Link.
Grade II* listed. For other listed fragments, see
here.
Clough Foot, the former Cloughfoot Independent
(Congregational) Chapel (1854) on Sourhall Road, now in secular use. SD 9099 2387. © Mike
Berrell. Another view,
© David Regan (2021).
A good history.
Coley, St. John the Baptist. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © David Regan (2011).
Link.
Collingham, St. Oswald.
Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Colton, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Cookridge, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Cornholme, St. Michael and All Angels. SD 901 262. Vale Baptist Church. SD 902 261.
Shore Primitive Baptist
Church (1777) closed in the 1970's, and has since been partly demolished, and the remainder converted to residential use. SD 915 266. All © Stuart Mackrell.
Cotton Stones, St. Mary (1848). SE 029 216. © Stuart Mackrell.
Cragg Vale, St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness (1839). SE 001 232. © Stuart Mackrell.
Link.
Crigglestone, Methodist Church, on High Street. © David Regan (2013).
Link.
Crofton, All Saints. SE 3779 1813. © Bill Henderson. Two
more views - 1,
2, and the
mausoleum in the churchyard, all
© David Regan (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For other listed features in the churchyard, including the
mausoleum and stocks, see
here. A former United Methodist
Chapel stands on Hare Park Lane,
and has a date-stone showing the date 1866. SE 3791 1767. © David Regan (2022).
Its
successor stood on High Street at SE 3798 1775. Sycamore Court now stands on the
site, though the chapel stood a
little further back from the road.
© David Regan (2022).
A place of worship is shown on a mid-20th century O.S. map on Santingley Road,
New Crofton, at SE 3845 1748. It's identified
here as a former
Catholic Church, with dates 1920's-2008. Now in
secular use, it was photographed by
David Regan in 2022. The same
map shows another place of worship a little further
east on
Spring Lane at SE 3872 1745. Not shown on earlier available maps, it's been
demolished, and the house built on the site was seen by
Streetview in 2009. It was
possibly the mission church mentioned
here.
Crosland Moor, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Cross Green, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Cross Roads, St. James. SE 0443 376. © David Regan (2011).
Link.
Methodist Church (1878). SE 042 3766. © Stuart Mackrell. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel, now in commercial use. © David Regan (2011). Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
now in commercial use. © David Regan (2011).
Crossgates, Leeds - see Leeds.
Cullingworth, St. John the Evangelist. Former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel, converted into flats. Both © David Regan (2011). The former Baptist Church (1837), © Gerard
Charmley (2014). Grade II listed.
Dalton, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Darrington,
St. Luke and All Saints. © Bill Henderson. Three further views - 1, 2,
3, all © David Regan (2011). Link. Grade I listed -
link. Former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now converted into flats. My appreciation to Janet Gimber for the identification. ©
David Regan (2011).
Deanhead, St. Bartholomew, in a remote spot in the
Scammonden Valley. It hasn't been seen by Streetview, but photos can be seen on
Geograph - 1,
2,
3. SE 0463 1600.
Link. The
about us page
dates it to 1865, the third church on the site.
Grade II listed. The gate-piers have their own
grade II listing.
Denby Dale.
Denholme, the former St. Paul, currently (2011) up for sale. Denholme
Shared Church. Link. Both © David Regan (2011).
Dewsbury.
Dogley Lane, the house on the site of the
demolished Independent/Congregational Chapel. This
source dates it to 1816-1960's. The adjacent
Sunday School of 1882 survives. SE 1876
1410. Both © David
Regan (2021).
Link.
Drighlington, Methodist Church. St. Paul. Both © Bill Henderson.
Primitive Methodist Church. SE 222 289. © Michael Bourne.
Durkar, former Primitive Methodist Chapel, now an arts centre. Another view.
Both © David Regan (2013).
Earlsheaton, Dewsbury - see
Dewsbury.
East Ardsley,
St. Michael. SE 3022 2532. © Bill Henderson.
Another view,
© David Regan (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed. The former
St. Gabriel's Mission Church on Fall Lane, now a community centre.
It pre-dates a
map of 1894, and seems to have still been active at least into the 1980's. SE
3092 2578. © David Regan (2021). The former
Zion Methodist Free Church is
now in commercial use. It pre-dates a map of 1894, and a map of 1969-74 labels
it as a warehouse. SE 3018 2510. © David Regan (2021). The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on
Chapel Street, later St. Paul's Methodist. This
source says that it was built in 1889 to replace an earlier building. Closed
in 2014, this
source implies that demolition has at least been mooted. SE 3046 2509. ©
David Regan (2021). A map of 1854 shows an earlier chapel, just a few yards east
of where the current building now stands, the site now occupied by the squat
building at the junction of Chapel Street and Thorpe Road, seen
here in a 2019 Streetview.
East Bierley, St. Luke, on South View
Road and Bierley Marsh. It might be no longer active,
as a church sign and cross are missing from David's photo, but were present when
the Streetview van passed in
2019. Circa SE 198 292. © David Regan (2020). The
Methodist Church on Hunsworth
Lane.
Note the inscription saying "Free Church 1889". SE 1977 2914. © Michael Bourne.
Another view,
© David Regan (2020).
East Hardwick, St. Stephen. © Bill
Henderson (2014).
East Keswick, St. Mary Magdalene. © Bill
Henderson. Methodist Church. SE
361 444. © Michael Bourne.
East Morton, St. Luke (1849-50), on
Morton Lane. SE 0971 4186. © Gerard Charmley (2013). Two more views -
1,
2, both ©
Steve Bulman (2022). Link.
Congregational Church on Main
Road. It's named as Bethel in the pediment, and
bears the date of 1845. SE 0978 4188. © Steve Bulman (2022).
Grade II listed. Two other chapels can be found on older O.S. maps. The
first is on Green End Road at SE 1005 4216. Identified as "P.M." - Primitive
Methodist - on a map of 1919, it can be seen
here on a Streetview from
2009. The other Chapel stood or stands further north along Green End Road at SE
1003 4227. Identified on the same map as "Wes. Meth. Chapel", it can barely be
seen on Streetview, and from
what can be seen I suspect that the chapel doesn't survive, although its
graveyard does.
Eastborough, Dewsbury - see
Dewsbury.
Eastmoor, Wakefield - see Wakefield.
Eastwood, the overgrown graveyard
of the demolished Congregational Chapel.
A useful history (with
photos)
here, where it's dated to 1840. SE 9648 2547. © David Regan (2021).
Link1. Link2.
Elland.
Elland Upper Edge, Baptist Church.
Another view, and the
date-stone for 1890. SE 1255
2081. All © David Regan (2020).
Link.
Emley, St. Michael the Archangel. SE 2449
1333. © Stan
Walker. Two interior views - 1,
2, both © Kenneth Paver.
Link.
Grade I listed. The Methodist Church
on Church Street is a former Primitive Methodist Chapel, dated
here to 1906. SE
2458 1333. © David Regan (2021).
Link.
Another view from Streetview
in 2021. The village used to have Bethel Chapel, on
Upper Lane, at SE 2454 1304. This will be Bethel Wesleyan Reform Chapel,
mentioned
here. The village Wikipedia
entry says it
was demolished in 1997. The residential properties built on the site can be seen
in a Streetview from 2019.
Despite the recent demolition I've been unable to find a photo on-line.
Emley Moor, the former Wesleyan Chapel. The church was damaged by the
collapse of the Emley Moor transmitter in 1969 - a photo is available
here. © David Regan (2013).
Esholt, St. Paul.
Another view, three interiors -
1,
2,
3, and
font. SE 182402. All © Dennis Harper
(2015).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Far Headingley, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Farfield
(near Addingham), Friends' Meeting House. Interior view. Both © David Regan (2011).
Link.
Farnley, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Farnley Tyas, St. Lucius, dating
from 1840. © Stan Walker.
Farsley, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Featherstone,
St. Thomas. St. Gerard Majella (R.C.).
Both © Bill Henderson. The Old Chapel was built in 1872, re-built 1904, and is now in secular use. © James
Murray. South Featherstone Gospel Hall. © James Murray.
Ferrybridge, St. Andrew. This old church used
to occupy a site on what is now Ferrybridge Power Station. It was demolished and moved
stone by stone and re-built on Pontefract Road, Ferrybridge, in 1952. Photograph and text
© Bill Henderson. This link (of which I was advised by Howard Richter) says
that the last service at the original site was held in 1952, with re-consecration at the new site in 1953. It also includes a map showing both sites,
from which Howard has deduced the grid reference as SE 4795 2500 for the old site, and SE 4803 2415 for the new. The old churchyard survives (see
here), and some atmospheric photos
of it are here.
Felkirk, near
South Hiendley, dedicated to St. Peter. © Bill Henderson.
Fenay Bridge,
the former Mission
Church. Its predecessor, a tin tabernacle, stands immediately to its
left, and both chapels can be seen
here in an old photo, where the earlier chapel is dated to 1895, and
its replacement to 1907. SE 1815 1558. © David Regan (2021).
Fitzwilliam, The Church of
the Resurrection on Wakefield Road and Farmfield Drive. The former
Cave Adullam Strict Baptist
Chapel (1956) on Wakefield Road, now in use as a Funeral Director's.
Both © Gerard Charmley (2021).
Fixby, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Flockton, St. James the Great. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, David Regan
(2011). The Zion Congregational Chapel,
dating from 1802, still has its box pews, and double-decker pulpit, and is still
in use. © Stan Walker.
Flushdyke, Ossett - see
Ossett.
Frizinghall, Bradford - see Bradford.
Garforth.
Gawthorpe, Ossett - see
Ossett.
Gildersome, Morley - see
Morley.
Gipton, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Golcar, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Gomersal.
Grange Moor, St. Bartholomew on
Liley Lane, which also serves as the Methodist congregation. SE 2202 1590. © Bill Henderson.
The former Primitive Methodist Chapel
on Briestfield Road, opposite its junction with Denby Lane. It has an unusual
date-stone for (presumably!)
1787. If that's
correct, then it would seem to have been re-used in a later building, as its
My Primitive Methodists
entry mentions an opening ceremony in 1846. SE 2214 1614. Both
© David Regan (2020).
Great Cliff, unknown church - perhaps
Methodist? SE 3055 1595. © David Regan (2013). Howard Richter advises that this
was Primitive Methodist (Mount Zion), and provides dates of 1887-1981. It had
been converted into multiple residential units no later than 2009, planning
permission for this conversion having been granted in 1999.
Great Horton, Bradford - see Bradford.
Great Preston. This building is
indicated on OS maps as a church, but now serves as a village hall. My appreciation to Janet Gimber, whose researches have revealed that this was St. Aidan (CoE),
which was declared redundant in 1988. SE 401 294. © Steve
Bulman.
Greetland.
Guiseley, St. Oswald, is an early
church, but was much restored in Victorian times, and enlarged in 1910. © Stan
Walker. Link.
St. Peter and St. Paul (R.C.). © Bill
Henderson. Methodist Church.
Guiseley Baptist Church. Both ©
Colin Waters.
Hade Edge
(near Holmfirth), Methodist Church. © David Regan (2012).
Haigh, Methodist Church. © David Regan (2013).
Halifax.
Halton, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Harden, St. Saviour. Link. The former
Wesleyan Reform Chapel (1833) now in residential use.
Grade II listed.
Congregational Church, which Gerard advises didn't join the United Reform Church at the union in 1972, choosing
instead to join the Congregational Federation. Grade II listed.
All © Gerard Charmley (2014).
Harecroft, Methodist Church. SE
082 357. © Michael Bourne.
Harehills, Leeds.
Harewood, All Saints (1410, on the site
of an earlier church). The church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, interior view, and
altar and East Window, all © John Balaam (2012).
Another view, another
interior, the
font, and the earlier
font (pre-1410, according to the
church leaflet), all © Dennis Harper (2015).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Hartshead, St. Peter. SE 179 233. © Steven Hill.
Another view. © Bill
Henderson. An old postcard view,
from Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Hawksworth, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Haworth.
Headingley, Leeds.
Heaton, St. Barnabas. © Gerard Charmley (2012).
Heaton, Bradford - see Bradford.
Hebden Bridge.
Heckmondwike.
Helme, Christ Church. From an old
postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. The postcard is badly faded, and had to be
heavily processed to produce a reasonable image. A
modern view. © John Hardy.
Link.
Hemsworth.
Heptonstall.
Hepworth, Holy Trinity. Two interior
views - 1,
2, and the
font.
Link.
Gateshead Methodist Church at SE 175
059, stands isolated about 2 miles outside of Hepworth. All © David Regan
(2012).
High Flatts, Friends Meeting
House. Two interior views - 1,
2. SE 2123 0746. All
© David Regan (2021).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II listed.
Highburton, the former Primitive
Methodist Chapel on Slant Gate.
It has an attractive
date-stone for 1832. SE 1904
1340. Both © David Regan (2021).
Link advises that it was closed in 1973.
Hightown, St. Barnabas. SE 183 242. © Bill Henderson. The now-demolished
Methodist Free Church (demolished in the 1990's). Photo is on an
external website. On the same site is a photo of St. John's Methodist
Chapel, demolished in the 1980's. The former Primitive Methodist Chapel, now in commercial use.
Another view. Both © David Regan (2012). The former Friends Meeting house,
now in residential use. © David Regan (2011). Cemetery Chapel in Liversedge Cemetery. © David Regan (2011).
Hinchcliffe Mill, the former Wesleyan Chapel, now in residential use. © David Regan (2012).
Link.
Hipperholm, Christ Church (United Reformed
Methodist). © Bill Henderson.
Holbeck, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Holmbridge, St. David.
Another view. Both © David Regan
(2012).
Link.
Grade II listed -
link.
Holmfirth.
Honley, St. Mary the Virgin. SE 137 120.
Link. The former
Southgate Methodist Church, now a
theatre. Trinity Methodist and United
Reformed Church, originally Congregational.
Link.
Cemetery Chapel. All © David Regan
(2012).
Horbury.
Horsforth, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Horton Green, Bradford - see Bradford.
Huddersfield.
Hunslet, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Hyde Park, Leeds.
Idle, Bradford - see Bradford.
Ilkley,
All Saints, mostly dates from a re-build of 1860. SE 117 478. From an old
postcard (franked 1908), in Steve Bulman's Collection.
A modern view, and an
interior view, both © Stan Walker.
Another view, © Stuart Mackrell. Link.
Christchurch (Methodist and U.R.C.)
was originally Wesleyan, of 1869. ©
Alan Blacklock. Another view, © Stuart Mackrell. Link.
Ben Rhydding Methodist Church,
© David Regan (2013). The "Old
Wesleyan Chapel" stands at the junction of Skipton Road and Bolton Bridge
Road. It has a blue plaque which
dates it to 1834-69, and was the predecessor of what is now Christchurch.
SE 1134 4779. © Steve Bulman (2022).
Link.
Illingworth,
St. Mary. SE 069 283. © Michael Bourne.
Link.
Ingrow, St. John the Evangelist, dates
from 1843. Another view, showing the
apse. Both © Stan Walker.
Ireland Wood, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Jackson Bridge, the site of
the demolished Methodist Chapel - only the burial grounds remain. ©
David Regan (2012). This
link is a photo of the chapel.
Keighley.
Kettlethorpe, Wakefield - see Wakefield.
Kinsley, Our
Lady of Graces (R.C.). © Bill Henderson.
Kippax.
Kirkburton, All Hallows. Older maps
label it as St. John the Baptist. SE 1980 1250. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, © Steven Hill.
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel off North Road at SE
1969 1293. Documents
referenced
in the National Archives imply that it existed by 1865. © David Regan (2021).
Kirkhamgate, Lindale Methodist
Church, on Brandy Carr Road. The original chapel on the site was Primitive
Methodist (1862), and old maps show that it stood closer to the road than the
present building. SE 2966 2293.
© David Regan (2021).
Link1.
Link2.
Kirkheaton, St. John the Baptist.
Mostly re-built following a fire in 1886, the tower and north chapel are all
that remains from the 15th century building. © Stan Walker.
Link.
Methodist & URC. © Bill
Henderson.
Kirkstall, Leeds.
Kirkthorpe, St. Peter.
Another view. David advises that these
unusual gravestones are for nuns who fled the French revolution.
Two interior views - 1,
2, two
memorial tablets, and the
font. SE 3613 2098. All © David Regan (2011
and 2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For the grade II listed gravestones see
here.
Knottingley.
Ledsham, dedicated to All Saints. SE 456 299. © Bill
Henderson. A splendid door. © Steve Bulman. Two interior views - 1,
2, both © Kenneth Paver.
Leeds.
Lepton, St. John the Evangelist (1866-8).
Another view. SE 199 150. © David Regan (2011). Another view, this one © Bill
Henderson (2012). Link.
Grade II listed -
link.
Lidget Green, Bradford - see Bradford.
Lightcliffe, St. Matthew (1875). © Gerard Charmley (2014).
Link. Of Old St. Matthew, only the tower survives, and is in the care of the Friends of Friendless
Churches - link. © Gerard Charmley (2014).
Link. Christ Church (United
Reformed Methodist). The former Congregational
Church, now used as business premises. Both © Bill Henderson.
Lindley, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Linthwaite, Christ Church. Another view.
Link. Methodist Church. The
old Methodist Chapel also stands nearby. Link. All © David Regan (2012).
Little London, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Liversedge.
Lockwood, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Lofthouse, Christ Church on Leeds Road.
Dated here
to 1839-40. SE 3336 2594. © Bill Henderson. Two additional views -
1,
2, both
© David Regan (2021).
Link. Lofthouse Methodist Church
on Leeds Road. It was built as Wesleyan in 1840 (date-stone).
SE 3333 2577. Both © David Regan (2021).
Link.
Longley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - see Huddersfield.
Longwood, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Low Bradley, Methodist Church. SE 003
484. © Michael Bourne.
Lower Cumberworth,
the Methodist Church on
Cumberworth Lane, which was originally Primitive Methodist. It's dated
here to 1851. © David Regan (2021). David's photo is actually of the rear of
the church, on Top Road. The front of the church can be seen in a
Streetview from 2019.
Link.
Lowerhouses, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Luddenden, St. Mary the Blessed Virgin on High Street. Interior view. SE 0414 2623. Both © Stuart Mackrell.
Another view, © David Regan (2021).
Link, and the
history page.
Grade II listed. A tomb in the churchyard is separately
listed as grade II. The first Methodist Chapel in the town was built in
1787, and stood on Halifax Lane - the site can be seen here on a
2011 Streetview. The site (on the right) of
Ebenezer
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on Halifax Lane. This
pdf document says it opened in 1812, closing in 1961. SE 0422 2597.
© David Regan (2021).
The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
(1837-1961, later Methodist Free Church) on High Street was a splinter from
Ebenezer. Mentioned on the
Valley of a Hundred Chapels website,
it isn't marked on any maps, perhaps, as David speculates, because it was on an
upper floor, the ground floor being housing. It is though, labelled as "The Old
Chapel" on Google Maps, and the road running east from it is Chapel Street. SE
0419 2603. © David Regan (2021).
It was succeeded by St. James
Methodist Church which dates from 1902-3 as United Methodist, and was closed in 2012.
It can be seen
here on a 2009 Streetview,
and here, where
there is also an old photo. SE 0407 2602.
Luddenden Foot, the site of St.
Mary the Virgin. Built in 1873, it was replaced by housing following its
demolition in the later 1970's (date
source, photo).
SE 0344 2500. © David Regan (2021). The former
Congregational Church (1859) on Burnley Road, now flats.
SE 0398 2448. © David Regan (2010).
Grade II* listed.
Howard Richter advises that it was closed circa 2000, at which time the church
(now U.R.C.) moved to the Community Centre, seen
here, © David Regan (2021). The village had at one time a Methodist Church
of 1832, now
demolished (site). Also known as
Denholme United Methodist Church, it stood on Burnley Road at SE 0383 2497, and
is marked on the earliest available map of 1854 as Wesleyan Association,
and on later maps as
Free United in 1907, and U.M. Church in 1933. It is still marked on
an O.S. map of 1972-1987. What may be the original access to it can be
seen here. Both
© David Regan (2021).
An old photo of the chapel can be seen
here. It also
says (here)
that it was demolished in the 1960's. The
site of St. Walburga (R.C.,
1898-1991) on Burnley Road. It's also referred to as Denholme Catholic Church.
SE 0403 2443. © David Regan
(2021). Given its relatively recent
demolition in 1996, it's perhaps surprising that I've been unable to find a
photo of it on-line, but a drawing of it can be seen
here.
Lumbutts,
Methodist Church on Mankinholes Bank. SD 958 233. © Geoff Wardle. Another view, and an
interior view, both © Mike Berrell.
Mankinholes,
the site of the demolished
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
which stood to the right of the gravestones where the trees are now. The former
adjacent Sunday School,
survives, converted to residential use. Photos of the chapel are available
here, wherein may also be found dates of 1912 (a re-build of an earlier
chapel of 1814) to 1979. SE 9592 2373. Both © David Regan (2021).
Manningham, Bradford - see Bradford.
Marsden, St
Bartholomew. SE 047 116. United Church.
SE 049 118. Both © Paul Brown. Former
Salvation Army Hall, now familiar as "Auntie Wainwright's Shop" on
The Last
of the Summer Wine. © Rob Brettle.
Marsh, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Meanwood, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Meltham, St Bartholomew. SE 099 107. © Paul Brown.
Another view. © Stan Walker. Link.
The former Methodist Church, now in
commercial use. The present Methodist
Church stands adjacent. Both © David Regan (2012).
Link.
Baptist Church. © David Regan
(2012).
Link.
St. James (consecrated 1845) at
Meltham Mills. © David Regan (2012).
Link.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints at Meltham Mills. Another
view. Both © David Regan (2012).
Menston, St. John
Fisher & Thomas More (R.C.). © Bill Henderson.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. SE 176 442. © Michael Bourne.
Methley, St. Oswald. It used to have a
spire, taken down in 1937 (old photo with spire
here). SE 3911 2662. © Bill Henderson.
Another view, the interior and
chancel, two of several fine tombs
- 1,
2, and the
font, all
© David Regan (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. Some tombs in the churchyard are listed separately
here. The Methodist Church on
Main Street, Mickletown. It pre-dates a map of 1852, where it's labelled as
Wesleyan. SE 3990 2731. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
There were also United Free and
Primitive Methodist chapels in Mickletown. The
United Free chapel survives, off Main Street at SE 3980 2727, and can be seen
here and
here on Streetviews from
2021 and 2011 respectively. The P.M. chapel has gone. It stood on Main Street at
SE 3959 2721 and is dated
here to 1865-6, with demolition by 1991. A photo of the chapel is available
here. Its site remains undeveloped, as seen in a
Streetview from 2021.
Mickeltown used to have a church of St. Margaret on
Pinfold Lane, at SE 3999 2725. It was a tin tabernacle, and dated
here (where there are also several photos) to 1905-6, with demolition
post-1982. Its site can be seen in a
Streetview from 2021.
Micklefield, St. Mary the Virgin. © Bill
Henderson.
Middleton, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Midgley (near Mytholmroyd), the
former Methodist Church, originally Methodist New Connexion, later United
Methodist, on Chapel Lane. Built in 1883 and closed in 1994, it was successor to
an earlier chapel of 1818 a short distance away. If a map of 1858 is accurate,
it stood to the north of the present chapel, right next to the road, perhaps on
part of today's graveyard. Another
view. SE 0273 2646. Both
© David Regan (2021).
Midgley (near Wakefield), the former United Methodist Chapel
(1910). It replaced a Methodist New Connexion chapel on the same site, built in
1881. The present building closed as a chapel in 1983. SE 272 147. © David Regan
(2013).
Milnsbridge, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Mirfield.
Moldgreen, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Moor Allerton, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Moor End, Moor End, a former
school, now the U.R.C. SE 0545 2807. © Gerard Charmley
(2014). Another view, © David
Regan (2021). Its predecessor was Congregational (originally of 1717), and it
stands a little way to the S.E. at SE 0548 2804. History
here, and a Streetview of the church, now converted to residential use,
here, in 2012, behind the
tree.
Moorthorpe, St. Joseph (R.C.), currently
closed. Margaret Johnson has kindly informed me that this church re-opened just before
Christmas 2003, following repairs. Barnsley
Road Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Moortown, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Morley.
Mount Tabor, the Methodist Church,
originally Wesleyan, which dates from 1820. © Gerard Charmley
(2014). Another view, © David Regan
(2021).
Mytholmroyd, St. Michael (1848) on
Church Street.
SE 0134 2597. © Michael Bourne. Another view, © Stuart Mackrell. Link. Good Shepherd Roman Catholic
Church (1991) on New Road. SE 0124 2584. © Stuart Mackrell.
Link. Methodist Church
on Scout Road and Hall Bank Lane. SE 0122 2572. © Stuart Mackrell. Since Stuart
took his photo the chapel has evidently been closed and is now in commercial
use, as seen by Streetview
in 2018. The site of Mount Zion
Primitive Methodist Chapel on Zion Street (now Zion Terrace). The chapel
occupied the grassy area and the adjacent housing. It's dated
here to
1887-8 to 1960, demolished 1970.
Photos are available
here, and
here. SE 0139 2612. © David Regan (2021).
Netherthong, All Saints. Another
view. Link. The
former Methodist Free Church.
All © David Regan (2012).
Netherton (near Huddersfield),
Methodist Church. © David Regan (2012).
Link.
Netherton (near Wakefield), St.
Andrew. © Bill Henderson. Trinity Methodist Church. © David Regan (2013).
Link.
New Mill (near Holmfirth), Christ
Church. Another view.
Link.
Lydgate Unitarian Chapel.
Another view.
Link. Grade II listed -
link. All © David Regan (2012).
New North Road, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Newmillerdam, Lakeside
Methodist Chapel, built as Wesleyan in 1890. SE 3305 1570. © David Regan (2013).
An old postcard view can be seen
here.
Link.
The former Primitive Methodist Chapel
(1880) on Barnsley Road. It's dated
here to 1848. SE 3291 1554. © David Regan (2013). The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1820) on School Hill. SE 3289 1576. © David Regan (2013).
Newsome, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Norland, St. Luke. It was built as a
chapel of ease from Christ Church in Sowerby Bridge in 1865.
Another view. SE 0663 2262.
Link. The former
Bethel Baptist Chapel has a
date-stone for 1865. It
was closed in 1958. SE 0670 2334. Mount
Pleasant Wesleyan Chapel later became Norland United Free Methodist Church.
It was closed in the early 1960's and was converted to residential use. SE 0705
2297. The former Mount Zion Primitive
Methodist Chapel stands about a mile W.S.W. of the village, at New Longley,
and is now in residential use. This
source dates it to 1863-4, with closure in 1971. SE 0528 2200. All © David Regan (2020).
Normanton.
North Elmsall, St. Margaret. © Bill
Henderson.
North Featherstone, All Saints. © Bill
Henderson.
Northowram, St. Matthew. Ebenezer Methodist Church on The Green.
Link. Heywood U.R.C., named for
Oliver Heywood. All © Gerard Charmley (2014).
Norwood Green, St. George. © Bill Henderson.
Oakenshaw cum
Woodlands, St. Andrew. © Bill Henderson.
Oakes, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Oakworth, the former Slack Lane Baptist
Church, dating from 1894. SE 028 394. © Michael Bourne.
Old Town, Wainsgate Baptist Chapel. Another view. SD 998
288. Both © David Regan (2011). Link1.
Link2. Grade II* listed -
link.
Methodist Chapel. SE 001 281. © Stuart Mackrell.
Ossett.
Otley.
Oulton, St John The Evangelist. Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Outlane, St. Mary Magdalene. SE 0865
1795. Link. The
site of Bethel New Connexion
Chapel. SE 0864 1801. Methodist Church.
SE 0816 1768.
Link. The site of the demolished
Trinity Wesleyan Chapel on New Hey Road. The house in the photo stands on
the site of the church. This
source (which also has photos of the chapel) dates it to 1876-8, with
demolition "after 1993". Old maps show a Sunday School immediately to the
south-west (to its left in the photographers point of view) which the source
already quoted says was the preceding chapel of 1822. It's very likely to be
shown in the middle photo on the source website. SE 0816 1768. All
© David Regan (2020).
Outwood, St. Mary Magdalene. SE 3300
2398. © Bill Henderson. Another view,
© David Regan (2021).
Link,
a good history, dates it to 1858.
Parkside Methodist Church on Leeds Road was built as Wesleyan, and
originally known as
St Johns Wesleyan Church (source).
SE 3277 2356. © David Regan (2021).
Link.
The Salvation Army on Bolus Lane, is
the former Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel. Its
My Primitive Methodists
entry dates it to
1838, re-built at some unspecified date in the 20th century, and closing in
1969. SE 3304 2365. © David Regan (2021). The 6" O.S. map of 1908 marks a Chapel
almost opposite Parkside Methodist Church. It's affiliations are so far unknown,
and it seems to have been long out of use. It (or the building which replaced
it) can be seen here (the
garage) in a 2018 Streetview. SE 3282 2355.
Ovenden, St. George. SE 084 261. © Michael Bourne. Link.
Providence U.R.C. on Keighley Road, formerly Congregational (1836). © Gerard Charmley (2014).
Overton, St. Luke. © David Regan (2013). Photos of its predecessor, the demolished St. Luke in Middlestown, are
available here.
Oxenhope, St. Mary the Virgin. SE 030 347.
Link. Hawksbridge Baptist Chapel. SE 022 353.
Marsh Wesleyan Chapel.
SE 026 357. All © Stuart Mackrell.
Methodist Church on West Drive. © John Balaam (2017).
Paddock, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Pecket Well, the former Crimsworth Methodist Church (1834), now a private
residence. © David Regan (2011). Grade II listed - link.
Pole Moor, the former Baptist
Chapel. This
source dates it to an 1859 re-build of a chapel of 1790, with closure in
1992. It was subsequently converted to residential use.
SE 0669 1585. © David Regan
(2023).
Pontefract.
Pool, St. Wilfred. © Bill Henderson.
Pottery Field, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Primrose Hill, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Pudsey, Leeds.
Queensbury.
Rashcliffe, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Rastrick,
St. Matthew (Anglican and Methodist), dates from 1797. SE 1386 2158. © Stan Walker. Another view, © Bill Henderson
(2014). Link.
Grade II* listed. New Road
Independent Family Church. SE 133 208. © Bill Henderson (2014).
Cemetery Chapel in the cemetery on
Carr Green Lane.
According to this
Wikipedia entry the cemetery dates from 1883, though whether the chapel is
that early is not so far known. SE 1392 2105. © David Regan (2020).
Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury - see
Dewsbury.
Rawdon.
Rawthorpe, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Richmond Hill, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Ripponden, St. Bartholomew (1868). SE 0411 1978. Another view. Both © Stuart Mackrell.
Another view, © David Regan (2011). Link.
Grade II listed. The former Zion
Congregational Church.
SE 0354 1931. © David Regan
(2020). Dated on
its
grade II listing to 1869. It remained as Congregational until its
closure in 1992.
Rishworth.
Roberttown, All Saints. SE 195 225. © Bill Henderson.
Rodley, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Rothwell, Holy Trinity. © Bill Henderson.
Roundhay and Rounday Park, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Rowley Hill, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel on Rowley Hill, at SE 1888 1481.
It has a date-stone for 1886.
© David Regan (2021).
Ryhill, St. James the Great.
Another view. SE 3859 1451. Both
© David Regan (2022).
Link, which says it was
consecrated in 1876. St. Paul (Methodist)
on Mill Lane and Chapel Street is labelled on older O.S. maps as Wesleyan. It
dates to between 1906 and 1914. SE 3857 1426. © Bill Henderson.
Another view,
© David Regan (2022).
Link. Older O.S. maps show another Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel (presumably the predecessor of the present Methodist) across the
road on Mill Lane at SE 3860 1424. It pre-dates a map of 1893. The building on
the site today (Streetview
2009) looks possibly old enough for some of the chapel to have survived. A
former Primitive Methodist Chapel
stands on Mill Lane at SE
3857 1416. It's dated
here to
1907, though another
source gives it as 1894-1965. The latter source also mentions an earlier
P.M. Chapel - a rented building - at the southern end of Mill Lane. A map of
1893 labels it at circa SE 3872 1400 (it isn't clear which building the label
applies to). It probably stood roughly where a row of white buildings now stands
- seen in a Streetview from
2020. © David Regan (2022).
Saltaire, St. Peter,
on Moorhead Lane. SE 1362 3756. Link.
Methodist Church.
SE 1386 3782.
Link. U.R.C. (originally Congregational, 1858-9). Two
interior views - 1, 2.
A particularly handsome building, built at the expense of Sir Titus Salt, the
industrialist. SE 1385 3811. All © Gerard Charmley (2012).
Another view, showing the
extension which houses the Salt
family mausoleum, the plaque,
organ and
font, all © Dennis Harper
(2015). Link.
Grade I
listed. Related listed features can be found
here.
Sandal or Sandal Magna, Wakefield - see Wakefield.
Scapegoat Hill, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Scholes, (near Cleckheaton), St. Philip & St. James. SE
167 258. © Bill
Henderson. Another view. © Michael
Bourne. Link. The Friends Meeting House is
very unusual in looking like a conventional church. © David Reagan (2012). Link. Former
Methodist Chapel at Hartshead Moor Top, now residential. Another view. Both © David Reagan (2012). David
has also advised of a photograph of the now-demolished Cleckheaton New Cemetery Chapel, and the
now-demolished Methodist Chapel, which stood on Webster Lane, and was knocked-down in
1967. Both are on external websites.
Scissett, St. Augustine. © Bill Henderson.
Seacroft, Leeds.
Shadwell, St. Paul. SE 3468 3970. ©
Bill Henderson. Two additional views - 1,
2, both © Gerard Charmley (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1841-2. The War Memorial in the
churchyard has its own
grade II listing.
Methodist Church on Main Street. Dating from 1890, it was originally
Wesleyan. © Bill Henderson. Another
view, © Gerard Charmley (2021).
Link. Its predecessor of
1814 stands directly opposite, and now serves as the library. © Gerard Charmley
(2021). A good history article on Shadwell Methodism
here (pdf).
Sharlston, St. Luke. © Steve Bulman.
Shelf.
Shelley, Emmanuel Church. SE 2119 1130. © Bill Henderson.
Streetview provides another view
from 2009. Link. The
Methodist Church off Far Bank is
labelled on old maps as Methodist New Connexion, and
dates from 1786. SE 2019 1092. © Stan Walker.
Another view, © Gerard Charmley
(2021). Link.
The tiny former Ebenezer Strict Baptist
Chapel on Penistone Road and Far Bank, now in commercial use.
Another view. Both © Gerard Charmley
(2021).
Shepley, St. Paul on Marsh Lane. SE 1916
0972. Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1848, with the chancel added in 1868.
The Methodist Church on Lane Head
Road. According to this
source it was a re-build in the 1980's of a chapel of 1876-8, recycling the
building materials. It was originally Wesleyan, and the 1870's chapel had been a
replacement for an earlier chapel of 1857 on Cliffe Road. I've "travelled" along
Cliffe Road on Google maps, and cannot see any obvious candidates for this
earlier chapel. SE 1932 0953.
Link.
Providence Methodist New Connexion Chapel stood a
little way east of St. Paul, on Marsh Lane, at SE 1927 0977. Also sometimes
referred to as Trinity Chapel, it was later United Methodist, and was, according
to this
source, re-built in 1922, closing in 1966. The later chapel was built on an
alignment at 90 degrees to its predecessor. An old postcard showing the New
Connexion chapel can be seen
here (scroll down), and there's a photo of the surviving graveyard
here. I don't think the U.M. Chapel can be seen from Streetview, and I
haven't been able to find a photo. All
© David Regan (2021).
Shipley.
Siddal, Halifax - see the
Halifax page.
Silsden, St. James the Great. Grade II listed -
link.
Link2. Our Lady of Mount Carmel (R.C.) was formerly the
Methodist church. Grade II listed -
link.
Link2. Silsden Methodist Church. Between leaving the former church (now the catholic), and moving into the
present building, the Methodist congregation met in a local Sunday School. Link. All © David Regan (2011).
Skelmanthorpe, St. Aidan. SE 2293
1044. © David Regan (2013).
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1894-5. The village had a
Wesleyan Reform Chapel, on Gib Lane, at SE 2313
1073. It survived at least until 2009, when it was seen by
Streetview, but the next
available Streetview, from 2019,
shows housing built on the site. A 2012
news item tells of its then imminent closure, and also mentions a building
date of 1923, on the site of a Wesleyan predecessor. The
Methodist Church on Pilling
Lane was originally Primitive Methodist, dated
here to 1836. SE 2351 1077.
© David Regan (2021).
Link. There is also a former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on Chapel Close
at SE 2326 1057. Also referred to as Central
Methodist Church,
this
source dates it to a re-build in 1897, replacing an earlier chapel of
1815-16 on the same site. It has been converted into flats. © David Regan
(2021).
Grade II listed. Trinity Evangelical Church is
on Highbridge Lane, south-east of the town, at SE 2407 1024. It stands in the
town cemetery, and seems to originally have been the Mortuary Chapel. It was
seen by Streetview in 2021.
Link.
Slack Top, Mount Zion Chapel, now a Christian holiday centre. SD 976 285. © Stuart Mackrell.
Slaithwaite.
Snapethorpe, St. George. © Bill Henderson.
South Crosland, Holy Trinity.
Another view. Both © David Regan
(2012). Link.
South Elmsall, St. Mary the Virgin. Trinity Methodist Church. Both © Bill
Henderson.
South Hiendley, Methodist Church. ©
Bill Henderson.
South Kirkby, All Saints. © Bill Henderson.
Southowram, St. Anne in the Grove. SE
120 236. © Michael Bourne.
Sowerby, St. Peter. Pevsner rates it
highly.
Its
grade I listing
dates it to 1763-6. SE 0429 2320. © Stan Walker. Another view, © Stuart Mackrell,
and another,
© David Regan (2020).
Three interior views - 1,
2,
3, and the
font, all © David Regan (20203).
Link.
For other listed
features associated with the church, see
here. The
site of the
demolished Congregational Church which
stood at the junction of Dob Lane and Well Head Lane. Reputedly the
oldest Congregational congregation in Yorkshire. The graveyard survives,
as does the manse, which is the house at the left in the distance. The
chapel itself was of a re-build of 1861, and it was closed in the
1970's. A few photographs are available
here.
SE 0383
2330. © David Regan (2021).
The
site of
Providence Primitive Methodist Chapel
(1875-6, closed 1961) - it stood roughly where the driveway goes behind
the low white building. A photo of the chapel is available
here.
SE 0412 2318. © David
Regan (2021).
Two houses
stand on the site of two successive Wesleyan
Methodist Chapels on Rooley Lane, at SE 0390 2324. The earlier
one, also known as Cross Stone Chapel, was built in 1787, and a photo is
available
here. It was burnt down, and replaced by the second chapel (Rooley
Lane Chapel, photo available
here).
Its closure is dated
here to
circa 1956.
Sowerby Bridge.
Springside, the site of the
demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. A photo of the chapel is available
here, and it also supplies dates of 1873-1954, with demolition following a
few years later. SE
9604 2484. © David Regan (2021).
Stainland, St. Andrew (1754), on
Stainland Road. This was originally St. Bartholomew's Chapel (Anglican,
Methodist and Congregational). SE 0816 1963. The former
Providence U.R.C.
(Congregational, 1814) on Beestonley Lane was a splinter from the aforementioned
St. Bartholomew. Another view.
SE 0735 1931.
Grade II listed. The
site of the demolished Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
(another splinter from St. Bartholomew, 1840-1963), as seen by the Streetview
van in 2019. Exterior and interior photos are available
here, and a
history here
(scroll down). SE 0821 1960. All
© David Regan (2020). A
Non-Conformist Mortuary Chapel is shown on O.S.
maps at SE 0749 1950, a little way north of the village.
Stainland's
Wikipedia entry says it
has been demolished, and the Streetview van doesn't supply a view of the site.
Stanks, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Stanley and Stanley Ferry, Wakefield - see Wakefield.
Stanningley, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Steep Lane, Particular Baptist
Chapel, which has a date-stone
for 1874. SE 0291 2366.
© David Regan (2020).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Steeton, St. Stephen. SE 030 446. © David Regan (2011).
Another view. © Stuart Mackrell.
Link.
Methodist Church. SE 030 444. © Stuart Mackrell.
Stones, Methodist Church. © David Regan
(2011).
Link.
Streethouse, Methodist Church. © Bill
Henderson.
Swarcliffe, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Swillington, St. Mary. © Bill Henderson.
Taylor Hill, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Temple Newsam, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Thongbridge,
St. Andrew. © Bill Henderson.
Thorner, St. Peter. SE 3798 4054. © Graham Pickles.
Link.
Grade II listed. A grave slab is separately listed as
grade II. The former Methodist
Church on Carr Lane. Dating from 1876-8 (as Wesleyan), it was closed in
1984. SE 3752 4043.
© Gerard Charmley
(2021).
Grade II listed. It was preceded, and followed by a
Chapel of 1802, until it
finally closed in 2020. SE 3768 4024.
© Gerard Charmley (2021).
Thornes, Wakefield - see
Wakefield.
Thornhill, St. Michael and All Angels.
SE 2533 1886. © Stan Walker.
Two additional views - 1,
2, two of the interior -
1,
2, three of the fine tombs and
monuments - 1,
2,
3, and the
font, all
© David Regan (2021).
Link. The
Baptist Church on Whitley Road. SE
2381 1838. © David
Regan (2020). Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Church
of the Good Shepherd on Edge Road, Thornhill Edge. SE
2518 1795. © David Regan
(2020). The former Primitive Methodist
Chapel on The Coombs has a date-stone for 1903. It's dated
here to 1872. SE 2523 1904. © David Regan (2020). The
Methodist Church stands off
Chapel Lane, on the site of a Wesleyan predecessor, though slightly further from
the road. SE 2486 1872. © David Regan (2020).
Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury - see
Dewsbury.
Thornton, Old St. James, or Bell Chapel. Another view, also showing
new St. James in the background. Link1.
Link2. St. James
(1872). All © David Regan (2011). Link.
Thorpe Arch, All Saints. © Bill Henderson.
Thorpe Audlin, former Wesleyan
Chapel, now a private residence. © Bill Henderson.
Thurstonland, St, Thomas. The pulpit and
altar. All © Ina Penneyston (2011). Grade II listed -
link. The former Wesleyan
chapel (dating from 1810), now a private residence. © Stan Walker.
Tingley, the former Tingley Common
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1903-47) on West Street, which now serves as a Scout
Hut. SE 2784 2624. The
former Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel
on Chapel Street. Its My Primitive
Methodists
entry dates it to 1879, closing in 1997.
SE 2856 2612.
Tingley Methodist Church on
Westerton Road, West Ardsley (about ½ a mile S.W. of Tingley), was originally
Wesleyan. The building behind, better seen
here, is the preceding chapel
of 1794. SE 2778 2531. Link. All © David
Regan (2021).
Todmorden.
Tong, in Birstall parish, St. James. © Bill
Henderson.
Trinity Street, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Upper Cumberworth, St. Nicholas
on Cumberworth Lane.
Another view. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1876. SE 2112 0883. Both © Ben Palmer (2008).
Another view,
© David Regan (2021).
Link.
Salem Wesleyan Reform Chapel
on Barnsley Road, dated
here to 1879, is now in residential use.
SE 2093 0872. © David Regan
(2021).
Upper Denby,
St. John the Evangelist. SE 2263 0716. © Bill Henderson.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan
Reform Chapel of 1911(from a date-stone) on Denby Lane. It's closure is
dated
here to 1911-1930. SE 2285 0731.
© David Regan (2021).
Upper Hopton, St. John the Evangelist
(1846).
SE 2021 1970. © Steven Hill.
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1846. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on
Jackroyd Lane, at SE 1931 1880. This
source dates it to 1866.
© David Regan (2023).
Upperthong, St. John the Evangelist.
Here lies
Bill Owen, "Compo"
of Last of the Summer Wine.
Link1.
Link2. The former Congregational
Church, now in residential use. All © David Regan (2012).
Wainstalls, the former Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Reform Chapel. The image in
this source,
which is obviously the same building as the one photographed by David, says in
its text entry (here)
that it stands on Saltonstall Lane, which is some distance to the N.N.W., and
that it was opened in 1857. In fact it stands on Wainstalls Road, as a
Streetview of 2010 shows.
The 25" O.S. map of 1888-1913 labels it as Methodist Chapel (Free United),
but an earlier map of 1907-8 shows it as Wesleyan Reform.
Another view. SE 0471 2827.
Both © David Regan
(2021).
Wakefield.
Walsden, St. Peter. (1845). SD 9358 2207. © Stuart Mackrell. Two further views - 1,
2, both © David Regan (2011).
Link1.
Link2. Methodist Church (1861)
on Rochdale Road. The date-stone can be seen on a
Streetview of 2015, showing
it to have been a United Methodist Free Church. Closed on or before 2016, it was
being offered for sale
by auction, with planning permission for conversion to residential use, in 2019. SD 9343 2200.
© Stuart Mackrell. The former Bottoms
Primitive Methodist Jubilee Chapel on Rochdale Road is dated
here to 1860, closing no later than 1951. The
date-stone. SE 9340 2138. Both
© David Regan (2021). The
site of a
Chapel, which is indicated on maps from the late 19th century to the mid
20th, on Rochdale Road at SD 9319 2231. Never identified more closely than
"Chapel" or "Chap.", it's brand of nonconformity is uncertain.
It's possible that it is Walsden Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, referenced
here,
but confirmation would be appreciated. © David Regan (2021).
Walton, St. Paul. Methodist Church. Both © Bill Henderson.
Walton (near Thorpe Arch), St. Peter. © Bill
Henderson. Two more views - 1,
2, and two interiors -
1,
2, all © Mike Forbester.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Warley Town, St. John the Evangelist.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1877-8.
Another view. SE 0653 2494. Both
© David Regan (2021).
Link. The former
Congregational Church (1840's). SE
0574 2480. © Gerard Charmley (2014).
Warmsley, dedicated to St. Peter. © Bill
Henderson.
Waterloo, Huddersfield - see Huddersfield.
Wentbridge, St. John the Evangelist. © Bill
Henderson.
West Ardsley, Our Lady of the Nativity
(R.C.) on Westerton Road and Waterwood Close. SE 2877 2538. © Bill Henderson.
Demolished since Bill took his photo, the last Streetview to show it was in
2008, when it was for sale.
In 2016 a house occupied the
site. For Tingley Methodist Church, see Tingley, above). The
Methodist Church on Haigh
Moor Road is labelled on old maps as Ebenezer Chapel (Prim. Meth.). The National
Archives
references documents pertaining to the chapel from 1856. This would appear
to be its foundation or building date, as it doesn't show on a map of 1854. SE
2831 2424.
© David Regan (2021).
Link.
West Bretton, church - apparently called The Church (Anglican and Methodist).
Link. The former St. Bartholomew
was built to serve Bretton Hall, and also served the local village until the early 1990's, when it was replaced by The Church. Both © David Regan (2013).
West Park, Leeds - see
Leeds.
West Town, Dewsbury - see
Dewsbury.
Weston, All Saints. Interior view. Both © Kenneth Paver (2014).
Westvale, Greetland - see the
Greetland page.
Wetherby, St. James. St. Joseph (R.C.). Wesleyan Chapel.
All © Bill Henderson.
Whitkirk, Leeds - see the
Leeds page.
Whitley Lower, St. Mary and St. Michael.
Another view. SE 2225 1766. Both ©
David Regan (2020).
Link.
Grade II listed.
A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is indicated on the
earliest O.S. map of 1855 at SE 2202 1790, on Scopsley Lane. The latest map
which still labels it (as Ch.) is of 1938.
There's still a building on the site, but whether
anything of the chapel survives isn't known. Here's its
2009 Streetview.
Wilshaw, St. Mary, built in 1863 by a
local mill-owner. © Stan Walker.
Woodhouse, Woodhouse Lane and Woodhouse Carr, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Woodkirk, St. Mary the Virgin. SE 2719
2505. © Bill Henderson. Another view,
© David Regan (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Woodlesford, All Saints.
Woodlesford Methodist Church.
Both © Bill Henderson.
Wooldale, Quaker Meeting House (one of
the earliest to be built). © Stan Walker.
Link.
Methodist Church on Wooldale Road.
© David Regan (2012). Methodist Free
Church on Robert Road. © David Regan (2012).
Woolley, St. Peter. © Bill Henderson. The altar, and the
North Chapel, both © Kenneth Paver.
Wortley, Leeds - see
Leeds.
Wragby, St. Michael and Our Lady, in the grounds of
Nostell Priory. © Bill Henderson. Another view, the altar and east window,
and a close-up of the carvings behind the altar, all © Kenneth Paver.
Wrenthorpe, Wakefield - see Wakefield.
Wyke.
Yeadon, St. John
the Evangelist on Barcroft Grove. SE 204 406. © Bill Henderson. Another view, and two interiors -
1, 2, all © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link. New Life Community Church (previously St. Andrew's Methodist Church). SE 207 403. ©
Michael Bourne. Methodist Church on Chapel Hill. SE 208 411. © Mike Berrell (2014).
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