The following people, and/or members of their family, were buried
and/or have memorials here:
Question:
I am more than a little confused by these several burial places.
Please
email me
if you can help determine how many burial grounds there are, and
which of these are alternative names for the same place
They bought land in Haley Hill for a new Church.
It opened on 3rd September 1777.
In 1782, the 30 members formed a separate Church and invited Dan Taylor from Birchcliffe to their Haley Hill church.
In 1854, it was decided to move to
and North Parade Baptist Church was opened.
See
Joseph Nicholson
See
Barkisland Parish Church and
Barkisland Church
See
Barkisland Church and
St Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head
Rev Patrick Brontë exchanged his living at Hartshead with
that of Rev Thomas Atkinson of the Bell Chapel,
Thornton.
Only the cupola and the derelict walls remain.
The Chapel was replaced by St James's Church.
The font from the old Chapel – where the Brontë children were
baptised – was moved to the new Church.
Their certificates of baptism are also held in the new Church
The Chapel is discussed in the book
Valley of a Hundred Chapels
Established on 25th March 1864, by a group of 10 members led by John Jowett.
Other pioneers of the movement included
William Jowett,
Thomas Shaw,
Greenwood Standeven,
Joseph Barker,
James Mitchell,
and
Jonas Standeven.
For a time, they held their services in rooms in Norland, but, as
numbers grew, the services were held outdoors.
Stephen Fawcett helped generously with the building of a new Chapel.
The Chapel opened in 1865.
For a time [1886-1887], they united with Sowerby Bridge Baptist Chapel and Rev H. Hughes was Pastor.
At other times, the Chapel had lay preachers, including Philip E. Jones.
The school was altered in 1897.
The Chapel was renovated in 1904.
The building was affected by dry rot and closed with the last service
being held on 29th December 1958.
It is now a private house.
There was no graveyard at the Chapel
Founder members included
Mr and Mrs David Pickles.
It was subsequently taken over by the New Connexion
Methodists – see John Whiteley.
In 1882, a new Boulderclough Methodist Chapel was erected by the
congregation at a cost of £900.
A plaque from the original Chapel inscribed
There was a chapel on Brighouse Park here from 1795 – see
Park Chapel and Park Street – on land purchased from
the estate of Thomas Gill.
Around 1799, when the Methodists split, the Wesleyans moved to Ivy House Farm, Hove Edge.
In 1811, following a decision by the Court of Chancery, which ruled
that their Conference was the rightful owner, the Wesleyans moved
back from Ivy House Farm to Park Chapel, and the New Connexion held services in a blacksmith's shop until the Bethel
Chapel was built and opened in 1811.
From 1811 until 1904, Number 22 Bethel Street was the site of
the Bethel Methodist New Connexion Chapel after they had left the
Park Methodist Chapel.
The old chapel was sold in 1904 to be used as commercial premises.
In 1907, the congregation moved to the new Central Methodist Chapel.
It accommodated around 400 worshippers [1845].
In June 1852, it was registered for the solemnisation of marriages.
The chapel was extended and a second storey was added in 1858
The last sermon was preached on 5th July 1876.
The chapel was demolished in 1876.
A new chapel opened in 1878.
By the end of the 19th century, larger premises were needed.
Although it was closed for public worship on 5th June 1904,
the New Connexion continued to use the chapel until 1907, when
they moved to the Central Methodist Chapel, Rydal Mount.
Details of the organ in the Chapel can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
A memorial there was carved by Harry Percy Jackson and is now
stored at Brighouse Central Methodist Chapel.
The Bethel Street building is now commercial premises.
See
Bethel Chapel, Memorial,
Ebenezer Methodist Chapel, Bailiff Bridge,
Henry Healey,
Thornhill Briggs Methodist Chapel and
John Henry Turner
See
Bethel Methodist Chapel Memorial, Shelf
Members of the Bottomley family were founder members of the
Chapel after they had a disagreement with Wade House Chapel.
The Chapel was built in 139 days.
It opened in September 1853 as a Wesleyan Reform chapel.
There is a plaque dated 1853.
In 1873, it joined the United Methodist Free Church.
From 1882, there was no permanent minister, and the preacher was
drawn from local Nonconformist chapels.
In 1886, Carr House School was bought for use as a Sunday school,
borrowing money from the Methodist Connexion.
The money was paid back, but due to misunderstandings, Bethel never
joined the Methodist Circuit and has remained independent for all its
150 years.
In the mid 1990s, the Chapel was altered to incorporate the Sunday
school.
See
Bethel Methodist Chapel, Shelf War Memorials,
Bethel Methodist Chapel, Shelf Graveyard and
Joseph Hobson Jagger
A Sunday school – designed by Horsfall's – was begun in
July 1907 and opened in 1908.
See
Central Methodist Chapel, Rydal Mount
It accommodated around 200 worshippers [1845].
The foundation stone for Outlane Methodist New Connexion
Church was laid on 20th May 1893 by
The Chapel was demolished after 1952.
The graveyard remains
The following people, and/or members of their family, were buried
and/or have memorials here:
See
Bethel Chapel, Brighouse and
Central Methodist Chapel, Brighouse
Recorded [1883-1985].
In 1907, the sod cutting ceremony took place the new Sunday School.
See
Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Elland War Memorial,
Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Elland Graveyard,
Love Feasts,
Sowood Wesleyan Methodist Church Memorial and
Mrs Hetty Sykes
The Chapel was approached by steps between high walls – although
there was access to the graveyard via the gate in Trooper Lane.
Until 1900, the wall surrounding the graveyard was 18 ins high, and
the land rose in a steep slope to the level of the burial ground.
The local authority built a retaining wall which was 15 ft high.
This was found to be unsafe, and was replaced by a new wall some
years later.
At 10:45 pm on 30th May 1947, the retaining wall of the graveyard
collapsed – exposing the coffins and corpses.
The catastrophe required 28 re-burials.
The work had to be done at night.
The concrete replacement wall was still to be seen [until 2003].
There was another small graveyard across the road at
the top of Marsh Lane, next to Bolton Lodge which was opened
in 1922.
A licence for the exhumation and clearance of the graveyard was
issued in late 1993.
In September 2003, the graveyard was cleared and housing was built on
the site.
In 1921, a piece of land was bought for a new graveyard – an
extension to the Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel Graveyard.
This was created next to Bolton Lodge.
It was planned to hold 1,000 graves and came into use in 1922
It is not clear who was buried in the old and the new graveyards.
A list of some graves can be found in the page for the old Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel Graveyard.
The Chapel opened in 1857.
See
Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel Graveyard,
Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel New Graveyard,
Centenary Handbook,
Bethesda Primitive Methodist School, Southowram,
Laurence Coates,
Delf Hill Chapel, Southowram and
James Mann
See
Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Memorial,
Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Graveyard,
Birchcliffe Baptist Sunday School, Hebden Bridge,
Birchcliffe water, Hebden Bridge,
Elton Thomas and
Upper Needless, Hebden Bridge
It was built to serve the growing population in Birds Royd
district.
After a short period of time, the building was deemed to be
inadequate.
On 4th June 1904, the foundation stone for a new building was laid,
very close to the original chapel building.
It opened on the 3rd December 1904 at a cost of £700.
A Sunday School building was added in 1916.
This stood opposite the Chapel but was later demolished.
The Chapel closed in the late 1960s, and has been used as industrial
premises ever since
Both burial grounds are now closed
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
Rev Roger Briggs was largely instrumental in the building the
Church, the schoolrooms and the Minister's
House.
It was demolished in 19??.
The site is now the car park for the Church.
The Minister's residence is now in Victoria Road, Elland
A new chapel was built in 1878.
See
Godfrey Beaumont,
Blackley Baptist Church Deacons,
Blackley Baptist Church Graveyard,
Blackley Baptist School,
Blackley Centre,
Blackley Baptist War Memorials and
Charles Pearson
See
Blackmires Wesleyan Methodist Church Graveyard and
West End Methodist Chapel, Queensbury
The Chapel was built at Bull Green, on the site of a
bull-baiting ring.
The plans were borrowed from the chapel at Mankinholes.
The members of the congregation prepared the land for the builders.
It accommodated around 250 worshippers [1845].
A Sunday school was built in 1838.
The Chapel was rebuilt in 1912.
The chapel was enlarged in 1899.
See
Blackshawhead War Memorial and
Blackshawhead Wesleyan Methodist Graveyard
Because of the lie of the land, the Church was built into the
hillside, and access to the gallery was by steps from the road behind
the chapel.
The Speak family were associated with the church.
James Speak and Clement Speak were organists there.
It had an American organ.
On 25th May 1932, there was a robbery at the Church.
The Church closed in 1959.
The building was used as a scout hostel [1962].
It was vandalised and finally demolished [1971].
The graveyard is still there.
See
The Green Lady of Blake Dean
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
In 1992, permission was given for the graves in the graveyard at the
rear of the Chapel to be removed.
The graveyard was converted into the car park for the flats
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CDs entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1 and
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #3
It is a 6-storey building.
The basement included warehouse facilities for the nearby Calder & Hebble Navigation.
It was extended in 1868.
In 1897, a water-powered organ was installed to replace the Holt
organ of 1858 which had been moved to the Sunday School.
This was later moved to Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
The exterior was cleaned up in 1970.
The Chapel closed for worship – and was stripped of its fittings – in
1979.
In 1992, permission was given for the graves in the
graveyard at the rear of the Chapel to be
removed.
In 2006, there was a proposal to convert the Chapel into flats and a
restaurant.
In 200?, the graveyard was converted into the
car park for the flats
See
Bolton Brow Wesleyan Sunday School
See
Booth Independent Church Graveyard
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
The new building was constructed in 1854, at a cost of £300,
and was rented by the Wesleyans.
Attendances fell in 1860 when Temple Mill, Rishworth burned down on
27th April 1860,
and many workers had to leave the district.
Around 1900, the Wesleyans bought the Chapel for £160.
When attendances fell again, services were discontinued.
In May 1905, the Chapel was up for auction and was bought by Mr
Lumb, a greengrocer, for £112 10/-
Foundation stone laid on 28th July 1906.
Opened on 23rd March 1907 by Mrs Eli Fletcher.
The first wedding took place here on 21st May 1908.
The congregation merged with that of Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Boothtown when that church closed in 1964.
See
Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Memorial and
Boothtown United Methodist Memorial
It soon proved inadequate.
It was replaced by Bottomley Lane Foot Chapel.
John Fielden gave the land for the school, on condition that
he could send 1 scholar to the day school free of charge.
An inscription above the door reads
There was considerable local friction between the trustees and school
committee over what was considered ambiguous wording of the
inscription, were still continuing over 40 years.
As a result, in 1861, when they could not agree the date of the
annual Anniversary, 2 were held – one on August 2 and the other on
August 18.
One Sunday each month was set aside for use by the Church of England.
The Methodists used the building the rest of the time.
The building was extended in 1848
In 1876, it was superseded by Lanebottom Wesleyan Church
On 2nd September 1900, services were re-commenced
See
Bottoms Primitive Methodist Sunday School, Walsden
In 1882, a new Chapel to replace the original
Clough 'Oile Chapel,
Bethel,
or
the Ranters' Chapel
was erected by the congregation at a cost of £900.
A plaque from the original Chapel inscribed
In 1885, on account of lack of accommodation for school purposes, it
was decided to build a new Chapel.
After 14 years of fund-raising for the £3,000, a new Chapel was
designed in French Renaissance style by Sutcliffe & Sutcliffe and
built in 1897.
The corner stones were brought from the Holy Land by Wilkinson Pickles and laid by him on August 28th 1897.
The building is distinguished by the conical towers in the Arts &
Crafts style, and the portico with 4 arches.
The cost was £3000.
It opened on 1st October 1898.
The Sowerby Bridge Chronicle describes the opening ceremony and
other features of the new Chapel – see the link below.
The Chapel was upstairs and in the shape of a Greek cross.
The parapet is inscribed:
During the service on Sunday afternoon, 25th February 1906, a pipe in
the heating system burst.
The pipe passed beneath the choir and 5 of the 6 male choristers were
severely injured by the escaping steam and hot water.
The church closed in September 1979.
It was converted in private dwellings.
See
Wright Bancroft,
Boulderclough New Connexion Sunday School,
Boulderclough United Methodist Chapel Graveyard,
William Hanson,
Ancient Order of Henpecked Husbands,
Sidney Hollas and
Sing
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
The Hall was badly damaged by fire in 1629.
The family then moved to Methley Hall.
The bells from the Chapel were taken to Methley Church
The foundation stone for a new Primitive Methodist church was
laid on 18th June 1864.
The church closed in 1964.
The church is mentioned in Graptolite's Stray Notes on Bradshaw
The old vicarage is currently [2009, 2015] in a parlous state.
The church was built in 1836 by the Hipperholme Wesleyan Methodists.
It was also known as the Bell Metal Chapel and Mount Pleasant Chapel
The building is now 4 back-to-back houses.
There is a small graveyard behind the building
A meeting place had opened on 12th November 1845 and was known
as Bethel.
Popularly, it was known as Little Faith because, in the
event of the cause not succeeding, the meeting place could easily be
converted into cottages.
In March 1846, 8 members – including James Fawcett, John Hodgson and John Riley – left Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge to established a Baptist cause in
Brearley.
A new church was designed by Horsfall, Wardle & Patchett.
It was built near the earlier chapel, on land given by John Hodgson and with the efforts of John Riley.
It opened on 15th July 1875 and cost £3,000.
The earlier chapel was converted into houses, now known as Bethel Terrace.
In 1875, Brearley Baptist Church Day School was begun.
In 1887, a manse was built.
In the 1890s, 2 of the 3 mills in Brearley closed and the church
suffered as people left the district to find work elsewhere.
The Church was demolished in 19??.
Bethel Terrace stands on the site
Although it had around 40 members, for a time, there was no settled
Pastor at the Church until 1853.
Those who preached included
William Fawcett,
Stephen Fawcett,
William Nicholson,
William Littlewood of Rochdale,
and
F. H. Bowman.
Some of those who fell in World War I and are remembered on the War Memorial in the Church, are listed on the Foldout for the book Royd Regeneration
See
There are examples at Rotherham and at Wakefield
Around 1820, the increasing congregation demanded modification to the
Church.
See
James Barnes,
Bridge End Congregational Manse, Rastrick,
Mr Broomhead and
Snowdrop Band
It is now a children's nursery.
See
Rev John Meldrum
A group from the York Street Wesleyan Chapel established a United
Free Methodist Society here in 1837.
They met in the York Street Sunday School, then at the Mechanics' Institute.
The church was built in 1838.
It accommodated around 650 worshippers [1845].
The Sunday School accommodated about 400 scholars.
The church was demolished in 1873.
The four corner-stones for a new building were laid on 2nd August
1873.
The cost of construction was about £14,000.
The new Church opened in 1875.
On 26th September 1908, a new 3-manual organ, built
by J. J. Binns of Bramley, was inaugurated.
The York Street Wesleyan Chapel and the Bridge Street (Central)
Methodist Church united in the former York Street Sunday
School building
See
Bridge Street (Central) Methodist Memorial and
Bridge Street United Free Methodist Church, Todmorden
See
Bridge Street (Central) Methodist Church, Todmorden and
Bridge Street United Free Methodist Memorial
See
Brighouse Cemetery Chapels,
Brighouse Cemetery Lodge,
Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard,
Robert Milner,
Noble Fountain, Brighouse and
St Martin's Church, Brighouse Graveyard
There are 2 chapels joined in a central tower.
The tower and spire is about 65 ft high.
Adjoining each chapel, and with separate entrances, are mortuaries
which are divided from the chapels by arcades and glass screens.
Each chapel had a vestry.
They are now used as storage space for the grounds
The bells – by Mears & Stainbank of Whitechapel – cost
£585 and had a combined weight of 3½ tons.
They were hung in an iron frame weighing 3 tons.
The larger bells were the gift of Richard Kershaw and Benjamin Noble.
These bear the names of their respective donors, and also the names
of the vicar and the late churchwardens: Mr Thorpe and Mr
Manley.
The smaller bells were paid for by a general subscription.
On 22nd May 1874, the bells were rung for the first time, and a
special service was held at which the dedication form was read.
To mark the event, the Staff of Life pub in Commercial
Street, Brighouse was renamed the Ring O' Bells
Some are shown in the Photo Gallery.
See
Brighouse Parish Church War Memorials,
Miscellaneous Monumental Inscriptions and
Miscellaneous Graves
On 28th October 1874, the organ was replaced at a cost of £805
by one made by Conacher of Huddersfield.
The specification for the new organ was made by William
Lockett, honorary organist at St mark's, Manchester.
The newspapers of the time gave a detailed description of the organ.
The organist for the new organ was selected – at a salary of
£50 per annum – in August 1874.
In July 1904, the galleries were removed and the organ was enlarged
and moved.
In 1968, the organ by Wood of Huddersfield was brought here
from St Chad's, Hove Edge.
Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
See
Organists at Brighouse Parish Church
In 1840, the first school-chapel was established at Tolley, Colden,
as an offshoot of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack.
By 1853, larger premises were needed and a new chapel was built.
The first sod for a new chapel was cut on 19th September 1891
by Jonas Drake.
The new chapel opened on 26th November 1892.
In 1923, a new organ was installed.
Closed in the 1950s.
In 1968, the congregation merged with Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack.
The Church was demolished in 19??
See
Broadstone Baptist Church, Colden War Memorial
Details of the organ in the Chapel can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
Closed in 1937.
It subsequently became business premises known as Brunswick House.
See
Brunswick United Methodist Free Chapel World War I Memorial
The Chapel was built in 1805.
It was originally attached to the Johnsonians.
The upper floor of the building was the Chapel, and a Sunday School was on the ground floor.
It accommodated fewer than 100 worshippers.
The Chapel was in danger of closing in 1909, but members of the King family and others agreed that they would attend and that the
Chapel should continue.
In the 1940s, it was decided to hold only fortnightly services; in
the 1950s, this was changed to monthly.
During the 1950s, attendance fell to a congregation of about 6.
The Chapel was last used for worship in Summer 1958, and the last
service was the funeral of Joseph P. Farrar [22nd August 1858].
The Chapel closed in December 1958.
The Chapel was demolished in 1959.
The graveyard is still there
The graveyard remains but the Chapel has been demolished
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #1
very few attended except when Mr Taylor preached
a more favourable part of town
Pastors at the Church have included
short-lived
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
is still retained
Bethel 1822
Methodist New Connexion Chapel
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Ministers at the Church have included
Ministers at the Church have included
Ministers at the Church have included
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Ministers at the Chapel have included
The School was built by public subscription for instructing the
children of all denominations
after the Chapel had been closed for some considerable time
Ministers at the Chapel have included
is still retained.
Bethel 1822
Methodist New Connexion Chapel
BETHEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH REBUILT 1897
Pastors at the Church have included
Ministers at the Church have included
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
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