Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
In 1890, it was used as a joiners' shop and pattern store by Hartley & Sugden.
In 1977, it merged with Pellon Methodist Church to become Highgate Wesleyan Church.
In 1977, the church was reconsecrated and became the Ukrainian Church of Holy Protection, Halifax
See
Church of Christ Scientist
On 4th April 1908, a new organ was opened.
Andrew Carnegie paid half of the cost of £550.
Ministers here have included
In 1962, a consequence of falling membership, Cross Lanes Methodists, Foster Lane Methodists, and Salem Wesleyan Methodists amalgamated to form the new Hebden Bridge Methodist Church.
The church was demolished in 1960s.
Highfield Crescent, Hebden Bridge stands on land next to the site
of the Chapel.
See
Foster Lane Methodist Memorial, Hebden Bridge and
Foster Lane Sunday School Memorial Hebden Bridge
The choir members formed the Friendly Brass Band in 1868.
A Sunday School is recorded in 1894.
The Chapel is now a private house
The Chapel is now business premises
It was a large single-room building.
The building was extended in 1786 and around 1850.
Around 1812, it was used by the Adult School Movement.
It was used continuously for Quaker meetings until 1990.
By that time, the building had fallen into disrepair and the group
could not manage to keep it going.
It closed in 1990 and was sold to Shire Training, based at
Dean Clough, for use as a nursery.
The Quakers moved out and subsequently held their meetings in a
variety of locations.
In 2004, the building was sold to Dr Mary Howard, of the 3D
Centre.
It was used in supporting the education of young children.
A mezzanine floor was constructed and a conference room and a number
of smaller rooms were created.
In 2007, the Quakers moved back into the building, renting the
conference room from Dr Howard.
In 2009, the building was sold to the Community Foundation for
Calderdale.
The building is now home to the Quakers, SCOPE and the Pre-School
Learning Alliance.
In 2009, the building was registered as a place of religious worship
and the conference room designated a Meeting Room for the Quakers.
See
Friends Adult School, Halifax and
Society of Friends Burial Ground, Halifax
A Meeting House was built in 1693.
In 1743, it was superseded by Halifax Meeting House, Clare Road.
In 1920, the building and the burial ground
were sold.
The building is now a private house
It was superseded by Newlands Meeting House which was
built in 1868.
See
Brighouse & Rastrick Bible Society,
Quaker Burial Ground, Brighouse and
The Cooper family of Brighouse
Established by a group who left Sowerby Congregational Church
The building is dated ISS 1679 for Joshua Smith.
The Chapel is discussed in the book
Valley of a Hundred Chapels
See
Friends Burial Ground, Sowerby Bridge
Ministers at the Chapel have included
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