The Sunday School opened in 1901.
The Chapel closed in the 1970s.
It is now a community centre.
The family had a disagreement with the Chapel and moved to Bethel Methodist Chapel, Shelf.
See
Wade House Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shelf War Memorial and
Wade House Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shelf Graveyard
Shelf United Methodist Church
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #3
See
Rev William Crabtree,
Dove Chapel,
John Sutcliff,
Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Memorial and
Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Graveyard
Built in 1881.
On maps from 1963, it is shown as a Methodist Chapel.
Closed in 19??
The Chapel is now a private house
The name and other details on several datestones round the building
have been deliberately obliterated.
See
Wall Nook Primitive Methodist Chapel Memorial
The original Church in Marion Street became the Sunday School in 1902
when a new the larger Church was built.
1702 square yards of land were bought for £406 and the building
cost £1,400.
The memorial stones were laid by Rev Angus Galbraith and Henry Sugden.
The roof used a new form of glazing and roofing which had been
patented by T. W. Helliwell.
It did not have a minister until 1888.
In 1904, it became independent of Bridge End Congregational Church.
It closed in the 1940s.
It was converted into the Community Centre after
World War II
It re-opened on 4th November 1905, after being closed for re-pewing
and other alterations.
Rev J. Marcus Brown presented Mrs Dilworth with a gold key
on behalf of the Trustees.
See
Henry H. Howard and
Warley Clough Chapel Memorial
This was one of the first authorised places of worship in Halifax
outside the established church.
The society later moved to Sowerby.
Rev Matthew Smith preached alternately here and at his Moor End Congregational Church.
Rev Nathaniel Priestley and others assisted him.
In 1705, Rev Matthew Smith was instrumental in establishing
the first independent meeting house chapel in Warley.
Relatives of Archbishop Tillotson worshipped here.
It was rebuilt in 1805.
Rev Thomas Hawkins was instrumental in building the Chapel, and
travelled to many of the large towns in England, seeking
contributions.
He raised £187 of a total contribution of £438 13/3d.
The cost of rebuilding was £454 17/11d.
A schoolroom was added [1818].
It accommodated 350 worshippers [1845].
In 1814, Mrs Elizabeth Worsley left a legacy of £500 towards
a new Church.
Other benefactors included the local Rideal, Milnes and Smith
families.
A new Tudor-Gothic style Congregational Church was built at
a cost of £1,270.
The new Church opened in June 1846.
Rev Thomas M. Newnes gave land for a new schoolroom which opened in
1856.
On 31st July 1926, the organ was opened and dedicated.
In 1955, the 250th edition of Wilfred Pickles's Have a Go
was broadcast from here.
Warley Maypole stood in front of the Church.
A list of some of the Ministers of Warley is given in a separate
Foldout
The Church closed in 1975.
It was converted into private dwellings – Chantry House.
This is discussed in the book
Our Home & Country.
See
Dr Benjamin Boothroyd,
Thomas Edmondson,
David Rideal,
Warley Congregational Church Graveyard and
Warley Congregational Manse
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4
The Parsonage for Warley Congregational Church was built for Rev Thomas Hawkins around 1840.
The building cost £660.
Subscribers included Titus Rideal and his sister, Mrs Elizabeth Worsley who gave £500 for the building.
See
Warley Cemetery Lodge,
Warley Cemetery Board and
Warley Community Association
A non-sectarian church
recorded in 1917
It is now known as St Aidan's Room
The foundation stone was laid by Abraham Midgley on 29th May 1858.
It opened in 1859.
In October 1868, a new organ was installed.
The Church was demolished in 1952
It was built for the Wesleyan Methodists to ease the South Parade Chapel.
The cost was £4,000.
It was the 2nd Methodist chapel to be built in Halifax.
Details of the organ in the Chapel can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
The first sermon was preached on 6th November 1829.
On 17th April 1861, William Rushworth, tailor from
Mytholmroyd, was married to Miss Eliza Thomas, of Sowerby, by
the Rev G. Mather.
This being the first marriage at this chapel, a handsome Bible was
presented to the newly-married couple.
It closed in 1949.
It was demolished in 1968.
It is now a car park for Town Hall staff.
The small street which separates the site from the Town Hall is still
known as Wesley Court.
There was a Roll of Honour remembering those who
served/fell in World War I.
It accommodated 800 worshippers [1845].
See
Triangle Wesleyan Methodist Church
Recorded in 1861
at the Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
The new Chapel accommodated 300 workshippers.
A Sunday school room was also to be a part of the Chapel.
See
Wesleyan Reform Church, Elland
The Christadelphian Meeting Room, Elland was here [1894, 1905].
Closed in 19??.
The building has been converted into shops and retail premises.
It is currently known as the Central Hall.
See
Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Greetland
The Church was built on land bought from William Edleston.
The cost of the construction was £2,500.
The foundation stone was laid on 19th June 1839 by Rev John
Ely.
The church opened on 10th June 1840.
It accommodated around 550 worshippers.
In September 1909, Andrew Carnegie gave £200 towards a new
organ for the church.
The building was used by
Sowerby Bridge YMCA
and
Sowerby Bridge Golden Age Club.
The church closed in 1957.
West End Congregational Sunday School stands next door.
The Church was demolished in 19??.
A garage was built on the site.
In February 2006, there were plans to convert the garage site into a
28 apartments and car park, and to convert the Sunday School into 23
apartments and a restaurant.
The plans would require the reburial or cremation of the remains of
those buried in the graveyard.
See
Andrew Carnegie and
West End Congregational Mutual Improvement Society
Details of the organ in the Chapel can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
In the 1960s, there were
a Sunday School,
the 11th Halifax Scout Troop,
and
a youth club
at the Chapel.
The Chapel was demolished in the 1970s.
Houses were built on the site
The Chapel was built on land belonging to Swamp Farm, Northowram,
was known as Swamp Chapel.
It opened in 1887/1888.
The Chapel closed after the final worship on 7th July 2013.
See
Blackmires Wesleyan Methodist Church, Northowram
Stands next to West Vale Public Hall.
In 1863, Jonathan Horsfall and a group of Birchcliffe Baptists joined the Chapel at North Parade, on
condition that a cause should be established at West Vale.
On 16th August 1863, they leased a warehouse in Maude Street, West Vale.
They set up a schoolroom here in 1868.
On 10th April 1868, John Horsfall (cotton spinner) performed
the ceremony of cutting the first sod for a new Chapel.
Master Dempster, son of Robert Dempster, wheeled away
the sod.
On 23rd May 1868, Edward Crossley laid the corner stone for the
Chapel and Schools.
In July 1869, the new Chapel was opened as a branch of North Parade Baptist Chapel, Halifax.
The Chapel and schoolroom cost £2,400.
The Chapel accommodated 150 persons.
There were 2 vestries, schoolrooms and a minister's house beneath.
It 1871, it became independent of North Parade, and was licensed for
the solemnisation of marriages.
In 1905, a new institute for youth work opened in Maude Street.
There was [presumably] an organ in the 19th century [1852].
In 1909, an organ was installed by Rushworth & Dreaper, after
there was a fire at the works of Conacher who were awarded the
contract to build an organ.
Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
This is dedicated
The Chapel closed and was up for sale [August 2014].
See
West Vale Baptist Manse and
West Vale Baptist Memorial
Closed in 19??
It was demolished in 19??.
The houses of Calder Close have been built on the site
Built in 1785.
The foundation stones have been placed in the original gateway, now
filled in.
In 1814, it was enlarged.
In 1854, a Sunday School was built.
In 1864, a new organ was installed.
In 1878, a new Sunday School was opened.
In 1887, a new chapel was built.
In 1896, a new American organ was installed.
The chapel was demolished in the 1970s.
The site is now a car park
See
Shelf Wesleyan Methodist Chapel War Memorials and
Witchfield Methodist Chapel, Shelf Graveyard
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #2
Ministers at the Church have included
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Pastors at the Church have included
Subsequent Ministers at the Church have included
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Ministers at the Church have included
Pastors at the Church have included
To the glory of God and in loving memory of Charles Francis Fisher who, for 26 years, faithfully and zealously filled the
office of organist at this Chapel [1852-1905]
Ministers at the Church have included
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
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