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
Shelf United Methodist Church /
Wade House Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shelf War Memorial /
Wade House Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shelf Graveyard
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ben Stables
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #3
See
James Ashworth /
Rev William Crabtree /
Dove Chapel /
John Sutcliff /
Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Memorial /
Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Graveyard
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Smith & Molly Sunderland
The Chapel closed between 2009 and 2015, and it was for sale [2015]
The Chapel stands on the main road between Ripponden and Greetland.
Built in 1881.
On maps from 1963, it is shown as a Methodist Chapel.
Closed in 19??
The Chapel is now a private house.
Sadly, the name and other details on several datestones round the
building have been deliberately obliterated.
See
Wall Nook Primitive Methodist Chapel Memorial
This & associated entries use material contributed by Darrell Prest & David Smith
In 19??, the congregation merged with that of Trinity United Methodist Free Church, Walsden
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 & 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 /
Simeon Park /
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.
The Church was rebuilt in 1805.
Rev Thomas Hawkins was instrumental in building the Church, 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 1926, it was rebuilt by Driver & Haigh of Bradford, without
altering any of the Brindley pipes.
When it was dismantled in the late 1970s,
three ranks of pipes were incorporated in the organ of Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge,
a trumpet stop went to an organ in Belfast,
and the sixteen-foot metal open diapason
to a church in Stagsden, Bedfordshire
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 /
Warley Congregational Manse
This & associated entries use material contributed by Richard Barnes & Roger Beasley
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.
This & associated entries use material contributed by June Illingworth
See
Warley Cemetery Lodge /
Warley Cemetery Board /
Warley Community Association
A non-sectarian church
recorded in 1917
It is now known as St Aidan's Room
The church here was formed on 9th November 1845 by a group from
Shore Baptist Church, Todmorden.
They held their first meetings at Todmorden Mechanics' Institute
and then at Sobriety Hall.
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Smith
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.
See
Richard Shaw
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
Built in 1827.
It accommodated 800 worshippers [1845].
See
Triangle Wesleyan Methodist Church /
Wesleyan Methodist
Recorded in 1861
at the Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden.
Dated 1890.
Question:
Does anyone know the original name or any other information about
this Chapel?
This & associated entries use material contributed by Centred Community
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 /
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
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andrew Murgatroyd
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
Begun in 1912.
The founders included
Memorial stones were laid on 13th July 1912
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.
Robert Dempster was a founding member of the Chapel} and his
son, Master 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 Memorial /
West Vale Baptist Manse
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe & David Smith
The organ was renovated in March 1900.
Closed in 19??
It was demolished in 19??.
The houses of Calder Close have been built on the site
See
Wesleyan Methodist /
Wheatley Wesleyan Methodist School Memorial
It stood at the junction of Shelf Moor Road and Halifax
Road in Shelf.
It grew from meetings which were held in the Witchfield area as early
as 1769.
See
Rev James Briggs Holroyd /
Shelf Wesleyan Methodist Chapel War Memorials /
Wesleyan Methodist /
Witchfield Methodist Chapel, Shelf Graveyard
This & associated entries use material contributed by Christine Marshall & Ben Stables
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the
CD entitled
Halifax Monumental Inscriptions #2
Wade House Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shelf Ref 5-27 Wade House Primitive Methodist Graveyard, Shelf Ref 5-544 
Wadsworth, Parish of Ref 5-W2149 Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Ref 5-W228 
Wainsgate Baptist Graveyard, Hebden Bridge Ref 5-586
Wainstalls Wesleyan Reformed Chapel Ref 5-108 Wainstalls Wesleyan Reformers Church Ref 5-118 Walker Lane Methodist Chapel, Chiserley Ref 5-914
Wall Nook Primitive Methodist Chapel, Greetland Ref 5-30
Walsden Parish Church Ref 5-W230 Walsden, Parish of Ref 5-W1938 Walsden Parsonage Ref 5-839 Walsden Wesleyan Chapel Ref 5-376
Ministers at the Church have included
Waring Green Congregational Church Ref 5-W141
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included
Waring Green United Reformed Church Ref 5-224 Warley Clough Primitive Methodist Chapel, Sowerby Ref 5-225
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Warley Congregational Church Ref 5-69
The organ was originally built in 1867 by Charles Brindley of
Sheffield.
Warley Congregational Graveyard Ref 5-577
Warley Congregational Manse Ref 5-840 Warley Town Cemetery Ref 5-W104
Waterloo Hall Church of God, Halifax Ref 5-2
Watkinson Chapel, Lightcliffe Ref 5-526 Weaver's Square Methodist Church, Heptonstall Ref 5-471 Wellington Road Baptist Church, Todmorden Ref 5-W216
Pastors at the Church have included
Wesley Centre, Pellon Ref 5-292 Wesley's Chapel, Halifax Ref 5-W108
Subsequent Ministers at the Church have included
Wesleyan Chapel, Todmorden Ref 5-245
Ministers at the Chapel have included
Wesleyan Chapel, Triangle Ref 5-519 Wesleyan Methodist Ref 5-668 Wesleyan Methodist Association Chapel, Todmorden Ref 5-408 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Sowerby Bridge Ref 5-922
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Todmorden Ref 5-146
Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Greetland Ref 5-841 Wesleyan Reform Church, Elland Ref 5-359
Wesleyan Reform Preaching Room, Skircoat Green Ref 5-378 West End Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge Ref 5-W82
Ministers at the Church have included
West End Methodist Chapel, Halifax Ref 5-226
West End Methodist Chapel, Queensbury Ref 5-227
West End Wesleyan Mission Church, Halifax Ref 5-W219 West Vale Baptist Chapel Ref 5-22
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]
West Vale Free Church Ref 5-368 West Vale Methodist Chapel Ref 5-103 West Vale Vicarage Ref 5-730
Wheatley Community Church Ref 5-119 Wheatley Mission Church Ref 5-438 Wheatley Pentecostal Church Ref 5-W240 Wheatley Wesleyan Methodist Church Ref 5-96
Ministers at the Church have included
Willeby Chapel Ref 5-W180 Witchfield Methodist Chapel, Shelf Ref 5-26
Witchfield Methodist Graveyard, Shelf Ref 5-799
Woodend Wesleyan Mission, Hebden Bridge Ref 5-464 Woodlands Catholic Church, Halifax Ref 5-290 Wyke Congregational Church Ref 5-161 
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