Methodist services were originally held in a local farmstead known as
the Preaching House, and a Methodist congregation met at Northgate House, Heptonstall.
The Chapel was designed to John Wesley's specifications and
consecrated in July 1764.
This is possibly the oldest surviving Methodist chapel still in use.
See
The Heptonstall Octagon 1764,
Highgate Chapel, Heptonstall,
Our Home & Country,
Octagonal Methodist Chapel, Heptonstall War Memorial and
Octagonal Methodist Chapel, Heptonstall Graveyard
In 1821, it was superseded by Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge and was
demolished.
See
Frederick William Cronhelm
The Chapel closed after the final worship on 18th August 2013.
See
John Hoyle,
Old Town Methodist Memorial, Wadsworth and
Old Town Wesleyan Sunday School
Opened in 1880.
A Sunday School is recorded [around 1914].
The Chapel closed on 25th January 1938 because of declining attendance
See
Orange Street Day School,
Orange Street Wesleyan Sunday School Memorial and
Orange Street Wesleyan Sunday School
Aka St Malachy's Catholic Church.
The present building opened in June 1962 to replace an earlier
chapel of ease which had been established in 1921 in a former
Anglican church at the junction of Nursery Lane and
Keighley Road.
The parish was created in 1933.
Question:
Is the building still standing?
If not, what became of it?
The estimated cost of £2,200 was raised by subscription.
4 corner-stones were laid on 5th May 1877.
A bottle was inserted into a cavity in one of the
stones containing
Methodist documents,
a selection of Tory, Liberal and nonconformist newspapers,
and
a selection of Halifax newspapers
Octagonal Methodist Chapel, Heptonstall Ref 5-263 
Octagonal Methodist Graveyard, Heptonstall Ref 5-661
Ogden Primitive Methodist Chapel Ref 5-247 
Old Brigg Chapel, Sowerby Bridge Ref 5-234
Old Church, Halifax Ref 5-230 Old Green Congregational Church, Sowerby Ref 5-O1 Old Town Methodist Chapel, Wadsworth Ref 5-200
Ministers at the Church have included
Old Town Wesleyan Church, Wadsworth Ref 5-893 Oldroyd Independent Methodist Chapel Ref 5-201
Oliver Heywood's Chapel Ref 5-C2 Orange Street Wesleyan Church, Halifax Ref 5-908 Orders Ref 5-317 
Our Lady of Lourdes & Saint Malachy, Ovenden Ref 5-128
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Outlane Wesleyan Chapel Ref 5-743
54 ft by 39 ft.
The height from ground floor to ceiling being 29 ft 6 in.
Accommodation is provided for 500 workshippers.
There will be a gallery round the whole body of the Chapel, supported
by octagonal moulded and enriched pillars.
Access to the galleries is gained at both ends of the Chapel.
The style of architecture is classic, with the front being surmounted
by a bold pediment
Ovenden Cross Catholic Church Ref 5-516
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