It opened on 29th September 1773.
Rev John Taylor was ordained the next day and became Minister.
The present chapel was built in 1823.
It was enlarged in 1853.
See
General Baptist Chapel, Queensbury: Graveyard and
Queenshead
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #4
In 1884, Rev Edgar Ball preached his first sermon at the
Church
See
Rishworth School Chapel and
Goat House, Rishworth
The organ by Laycock & Bannister was moved here from St
Joseph's Church, Paisley.
Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
In August 1936, the Ministry of Transport issued a compulsory
purchase order on the Church for extensions to the Electricity Works
Closed in 19??
See
Rev Ray Biddiss
Built in ???? on the site of an earlier factory
See
Epitaphs,
Graves and
War Memorials
Both the original buildings are still retained [2009].
In June 2009, it was announced that a new Methodist church is to be
built on the site of Greetland Methodist Church
The Greetland Wesley Church opened in 1779.
Wesley preached here on several occasions [1781, 1784, 1786].
In 1898, an organ by Forster & Andrews of Hull was installed.
Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
Question:
Does anyone know where the organ is now?
Was it installed in the new Church of 1974?
The Minister's Manse was attached to the Church.
In 1973, dry rot was discovered in the building and it was demolished.
A new Church was built on the site.
The new church opened in 1974.
In 2002, the church merged with Lindwell Primitive Methodist Church, Greetland to become Greetland & Lindwell Methodist Church.
Both buildings are still retained [2009].
A new building – known as Cross Hills Methodist Church, Greetland – was constructed [2013/2014].
See
Greetland Methodist Church War Memorial and
Greetland Methodist Church Graveyard
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #3
See
John Hirst
The civil parish
of Elland-cum-Greetland
was abolished in 1894 and divided into the parishes of
Elland,
Greetland
and
Upper Greetland.
In 1975, a new vicarage was used at 138 Rochdale Road.
The building is now a private house.
In 1989, a new vicarage was built on the Goldfields estate
See
Greetland Methodist Church
After he was killed during World War I, the parents of George Mitchell established an institute at the chapel in his memory.
In 1813, Rev Thomas Jackson refused to bury men who had been
executed for the attack on William Cartwright's mill at Rawfolds.
His reasons were that they were not Methodists.
Porches were added in 1897, and the doors were replaced by windows
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Opening of a new preaching place in Vale Street, Todmorden,
styled The Gospel Hall, being the outcome of Tent Services
conducted in Holme field by the Yorkshire Brethren
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included
Ministers at the Chapel have included
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Malcolm Bull 2017 /
[email protected]
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